Basic Statistics on National Population Censuses in the years of 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990 and 2000

Web Chinadetail

-	P.R. China Business Laws and Regulations
-	China Stock Market Handbook
-	China Statistical Yearbook
-	China Import Export Tariff
-	China Markets Yearbook
-	Almanac of China's Finance and Banking
-	PowerWord
-	Portable Card Scanners and document scanner

Basic Statistics on National Population Censuses in the years of 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990 and 2000

Notes:

Data in this table excluded the population of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
Total population from population censuses includes the military personnel, and Military personnel are listed as urban population in population by residence.
Total population of 1953 census includes the population from indirect survey, but excludes in the nationality population and urban/rural population.
Illiterate population of 1964 census referred to people of 13years old and over who could not read and write. Illiterate population of 1982, 1990 and 2000 censuses referred to those of 15 years old and over who cannot read or can read very little.
Data with "*"in this table are of 1981.
"-" means that relevant data in this table is not available due to various reasons.

Item	1953	1964	1982	1990	2000
Total Population (10 000 persons)	59435	69458	100818	113368	126583
Male	30799	35652	51944	58495	65355
Female	28636	33806	48874	54873	61228
Sex Ratio (female=100)	107.56	105.46	106.30	106.60	106.74
Average Family Size (person/household)	4.33	4.43	4.41	3.96	3.44
Population by Age Group (%)
0-14	36.28	40.69	33.59	27.69	22.89
15-64	59.31	55.75	61.50	66.74	70.15
65 and Over	4.41	3.56	4.91	5.57	6.96
Nationality Population
Han Nationality (10 000 persons)	54728	65456	94088	104248	115940
Percentage to Total Population (%)	93.94	94.24	93.32	91.96	91.59
Minority Nationalities (10 000 persons)	3532	4002	6730	9120	10643
Percentage to Total Population (%)	6.06	5.76	6.68	8.04	8.41
Population with Various Education Attainments
Per 100 000 Persons (person)
Junior College and Above	-	416	615	1422	3611
Senior Secondary/Secondary Technical School	-	1319	6779	8039	11146
Junior Secondary School	-	4680	17892	23344	33961
Primary School	-	28330	35237	37057	35701
Illiterate Population and Illiterate Rate
Illiterate Population (10 000 persons)	-	23327	22996	18003	8507
Illiterate Rate (%)	-	33.58	22.81	15.88	6.72
Population by Residence (10 000 persons)
Urban Population	7726	12710	21082	29971	45844
Rural Population	50534	56748	79736	83397	80739
Life Expectancy (years)	-		67.77*	68.55	71.40
Male	-		66.28*	66.84	69.63
Female	-		69.27*	70.47	73.33