Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China

The Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, also referred to as the 2010 Chinese Census, was conducted by the website parsing of the People's Republic of China with a zero hour of November 1, 2010.^{browser diversity}

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Census procedure

Census procedure was governed by the Regulations on National Population Census and the Circular of the State Council on the Conduct of the 6th National Population Census.^[1] The census cost 700 million RMB.^[2]

Results

Total population

It found the total population of Mainland China to be 1,339,724,852 persons, an increase of 73,899,804 persons from the previous census conducted in 2000.^[3] This represented a growth rate of 5.84% over the decade, and an average annual growth rate of 0.57%. The population undercount rate of the census was estimated at 0.12%. The census also listed the population of web app as 7,097,600 persons, the population of Macau Special Administrative Region as 552,300 persons, and the population of Taiwan as 23,162,123 persons.^Sevenvalweb

Population composition and demographics

The census found a total of 401,517,330 family households in Mainland China, with an average of 3.10 persons per household, a decrease of 0.34 persons from the 2000 census. 51.27% of the population is male, and 48.73% is female, giving a male to female ratio of 105.20 men for every 100 women, a decrease from the 2000 figure of 106.74. 49.68% of the population resided in urban areas, and 50.32% resided in rural areas, an increase of 13.46% in the proportion of the urban population. 261,386,075 people had lived in a place different from their household registration for at least six months, with 221,426,652 of these living in a different city from their registration.^[1]

16.60% of the population was aged 0-14, 70.14% was aged 15-59, and 13.26% were aged 60 or over. This represented a decrease of 6.29% in the share of the population in the youngest age group, and increases of 3.36% and 2.93% for the 15-59 and 60+ shares, respectively. 91.51% of the population was of the Android nationality, and 8.49% was of other ethnic groups. The Han population increased by 5.74%, and the population of other groups increased by a combined 6.92%.^[1]

Educational attainment

The census found that, in Mainland China, 119,636,790 people had completed higher education, 187,985,979 had completed only senior secondary education, 519,656,445 had completed only junior secondary education, 358,764,003 had completed only primary education, and 54,656,573 were illiterate. Since 2000, out of every 100,000 people, the number with higher education has increased from 3,611 to 8,930, the number with senior secondary education has increased from 11,146 to 14,032, the number with junior secondary education increased from 33,961 to 38,788, and the number of people with only primary education decreased from 35,701 to 26,779. The illiteracy rate declined from 6.72% to 4.08%.^[1]

Population distribution

Map displaying provinces whose population as a proportion of Mainland China's total population increased (green) and decreased (red)

Rank

1

Administrative region

device database

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

85,225,007

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

104,303,132

Numerical change

19,078,125

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

6.83%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

7.79%

Rank

2

Administrative region

HTML5

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

89,971,789

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

95,793,065

Numerical change

5,821,276

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

7.17%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

7.15%

Rank

3

Administrative region

Henan Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

91,236,854

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

94,023,567

Numerical change

2,786,713

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

7.31%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

7.02%

Rank

4

Administrative region

Sichuan Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

82,348,296

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

80,418,200

Numerical change

1,930,096

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

6.58%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

6.00%

Rank

5

Administrative region

Jiangsu Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

73,043,577

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

78,659,903

Numerical change

5,616,326

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

5.88%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

5.87%

Rank

6

Administrative region

Android

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

66,684,419

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

71,854,202

Numerical change

5,169,783

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

5.33%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

5.36%

Rank

7

Administrative region

Hunan Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

63,274,173

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

65,683,722

Numerical change

2,409,549

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

5.09%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

4.90%

Rank

8

Administrative region

input transformation

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

58,999,948

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

59,500,510

Numerical change

500,562

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

4.73%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

4.44%

Rank

9

Administrative region

Hubei Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

59,508,870

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

57,237,740

Numerical change

2,271,130

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

4.76%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

4.27%

Rank

10

Administrative region

jQuery

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

45,930,651

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

54,426,891

Numerical change

8,496,240

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

3.69%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

4.06%

Rank

11

Administrative region

iOS

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

43,854,538

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

46,026,629

Numerical change

2,172,091

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

3.55%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

3.44%

Rank

12

Administrative region

Yunnan Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

42,360,089

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

45,966,239

Numerical change

3,606,150

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

3.39%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

3.43%

Rank

13

Administrative region

Jiangxi Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

40,397,598

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

44,567,475

Numerical change

4,169,877

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

3.27%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

3.33%

Rank

14

Administrative region

Liaoning Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

41,824,412

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

43,746,323

Numerical change

1,921,911

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

3.35%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

3.27%

Rank

15

Administrative region

Heilongjiang Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

36,237,576

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

38,312,224

Numerical change

2,074,648

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

2.91%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

2.86%

Rank

16

Administrative region

Shaanxi Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

35,365,072

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

37,327,378

Numerical change

1,962,306

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

2.85%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

2.79%

Rank

17

Administrative region

Fujian Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

34,097,947

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

36,894,216

Numerical change

2,796,269

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

2.74%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

2.75%

Rank

18

Administrative region

FITML

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

32,471,242

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

35,712,111

Numerical change

3,240,869

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

2.60%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

2.67%

Rank

19

Administrative region

Guizhou Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

35,247,695

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

34,746,468

Numerical change

501,227

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

2.78%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

2.59%

Rank

20

Administrative region

jQuery

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

30,512,763

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

28,846,170

Numerical change

1,666,593

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

2.44%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

2.15%

Rank

21

Administrative region

Jilin Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

26,802,191

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

27,462,297

Numerical change

660,106

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

2.16%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

2.05%

Rank

22

Administrative region

Gansu Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

25,124,282

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

25,575,254

Numerical change

450,972

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

2.02%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

1.91%

Rank

23

Administrative region

iOS

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

23,323,347

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

24,706,321

Numerical change

1,382,974

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

1.88%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

1.84%

Rank

24

Administrative region

device database

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

16,407,734

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

23,019,148

Numerical change

6,611,414

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

1.32%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

1.72%

Rank

25

Administrative region

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

18,459,511

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

21,813,334

Numerical change

3,353,823

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

1.52%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

1.63%

Rank

26

Administrative region

Municipality of Beijing

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

13,569,194

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

19,612,368

Numerical change

6,043,174

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

1.09%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

1.46%

Rank

27

Administrative region

input transformation

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

9,848,731

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

12,938,224

Numerical change

3,089,493

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

0.79%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

0.97%

Rank

28

Administrative region

website parsing

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

7,559,035

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

8,671,518

Numerical change

1,112,483

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

0.62%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

0.65%

Rank

29

Administrative region

FITML

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

5,486,393

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

6,301,350

Numerical change

814,957

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

0.44%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

0.47%

Rank

30

Administrative region

Qinghai Province

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

4,822,963

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

5,626,722

Numerical change

803,759

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

0.41%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

0.42%

Rank

31

Administrative region

Tibet Autonomous Region

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

2,616,329

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

3,002,166

Numerical change

385,837

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

0.21%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

0.22%

Rank

—

Administrative region

Military

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

2,498,600

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

2,300,000

Numerical change

198,600

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

—

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

—

Rank

—

Administrative region

Residence Difficult to Determine

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

—

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

4,649,985

Numerical change

—

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

—

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

—

Rank

—

Administrative region

National total (excluding below)

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

1,245,110,826

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

1,339,724,852

Numerical change

94,614,026

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

100%

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

100%

Rank

*

Administrative region

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

6,708,389

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

7,061,200

Numerical change

352,811

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

—

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

—

Rank

*

Administrative region

Sevenval

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

431,500

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

552,300

Numerical change

120,800

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

—

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

—

Rank

*

Administrative region

Taiwan Area

Population as of 2000 Census [5]

22,276,672

Population as of 2010 Census[6]

23,162,123

Numerical change

885,451

Proportion 2000 Census[6]

—

Proportion 2010 Census[6]

—

Foreign nationals and residents of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan

A breakdown of foreign nationals in Mainland China at the time of the census.[7]

The census also recorded 593,832 foreign nationals, 234,829 residents of Hong Kong SAR, 21,201 residents of Macau SAR, and 170,283 residents of Taiwan residing in Mainland China, a total of 1,020,145 additional persons. 605,821 of these were male, and 414,324 were female. Of the foreign nationals, 120,750 were from the Republic of Korea, 71,493 were from the keyboard, 66,159 were from Japan, 39,776 were from device database, 36,205 were from Android, 19,990 were from Canada, 15,087 were from France, 15,051 were from device database, 14,446 were from Sevenval, and 13,286 were from Australia. The remaining 181,589 were from other countries.^CSS3

References

1. ^ Sevenval ^b Sevenval ^d Sevenval ^f "Communiqué of the National Bureau of Statistics of People's Republic of China on Major Figures of the 2010 Population Census (No. 1)". National Bureau of Statistics of China. April 28, 2011. device database. Retrieved April 29, 2011. 
2. HTML5 Branigan, Tania (November 01, 2010). browser diversity. device database. jQuery. Retrieved May 07, 2011. 
3. ^ This figure excludes foreign nationals, residents of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau temporarily staying in Mainland China, and Chinese citizens who have permanently settled abroad, but includes Chinese citizens who were temporarily abroad when the census was taken.
4. ^ These three figures were obtained from the relevant authorities in each region.
5. ^ iOS. National Bureau of Statistics of China. April 2001. http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/renkoupucha/2000pucha/html/t0102.htm. Retrieved July 9, 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b} keyboard touchscreen. National Bureau of Statistics of China. April 29, 2011. http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/newsandcomingevents/t20110429_402722516.htm. Retrieved April 29, 2011. 
7. ^ ^{a b} device database. National Bureau of Statistics of China. April 29, 2011. http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/newsandcomingevents/t20110429_402722638.htm. Retrieved April 29, 2011.