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Data in this table are obtained from the Sample Survey on Population Changes in 2003. The sampling fraction is 0.982‰.

Region					Gross
	Population				Dependency	Children	Old People
	(person)	Age 0-14	Age 15-64	Age 65	Ratio	Dependency	Dependency
				and Over	（%）	Ratio	Ratio

National Total	1260498	256344	896908	107246	40.54	28.58	11.96

Beijing	14070	1486	11008	1576	27.82	13.50	14.32
Tianjin	9956	1390	7478	1088	33.15	18.60	14.55
Hebei	66569	12778	48760	5031	36.52	26.21	10.32
Shanxi	32558	7476	22769	2313	42.99	32.84	10.16
Inner Mongolia	23510	4288	17427	1796	34.91	24.60	10.30

Liaoning	41549	6108	31409	4032	32.28	19.45	12.84
Jilin	26684	4067	20736	1881	28.68	19.61	9.07
Heilongjiang	37693	5971	29217	2505	29.01	20.44	8.58

Shanghai	16061	1415	12017	2630	33.66	11.77	21.88
Jiangsu	72967	12418	52271	8278	39.59	23.76	15.84
Zhejiang	45934	7400	33254	5280	38.13	22.25	15.88
Anhui	62652	13669	43853	5131	42.87	31.17	11.70
Fujian	34261	7326	24211	2724	41.51	30.26	11.25
Jiangxi	41741	9696	29140	2905	43.24	33.27	9.97
Shandong	89775	16475	65164	8137	37.77	25.28	12.49

Henan	95029	21465	65920	7644	44.16	32.56	11.60
Hubei	59184	12511	42002	4671	40.91	29.79	11.12
Hunan	65521	12686	46950	5885	39.56	27.02	12.53
Guangdong	77676	20593	50799	6283	52.91	40.54	12.37
Guangxi	47661	10284	33038	4339	44.26	31.13	13.13
Hainan	7939	1913	5405	621	46.88	35.39	11.49

Chongqing	30713	5768	22113	2832	38.89	26.08	12.81
Sichuan	85739	17170	61129	7439	40.26	28.09	12.17
Guizhou	37933	9822	25233	2878	50.33	38.93	11.40
Yunnan	42836	10550	29274	3012	46.32	36.04	10.29
Tibet	2638	711	1767	160	49.31	40.26	9.05

Shaanxi	36314	7589	25911	2814	40.15	29.29	10.86
Gansu	25628	5889	18029	1710	42.15	32.67	9.49
Qinghai	5225	1288	3630	307	43.92	35.47	8.46
Ningxia	5650	1487	3841	322	47.10	38.71	8.39
Xinjiang	18834	4656	13155	1023	43.17	35.40	7.78