Over the past year, the population of mainland China increased by 0.83% and as of November 1, 2020 amounted to 1 billion 412 million people, while in 2019 this figure was 1 billion 400 million. This is stated in a press release from the State Statistical Office of the PRC. …
Thus, over the past 10 years, the country’s population has increased by almost 72.1 million people, that is, approximately 5.4%.
Chinese (Han) among all – over 91%. Since 2010, the percentage of Han has increased by almost 5 points, and the percentage of national minorities has decreased by more than 10.
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The sex distribution is as follows: 723 million 340 thousand men and 688 million 44 thousand women.
Age distribution: 253 million (18%) – aged 0-14 years, 894 million – 15-59 years old (63%), 264 million – aged 60 and older (19%).
In China, about 64% of the population lives in cities, more than 14% more than a decade ago, according to another press release. At the same time, ~ 40% of the country’s population is concentrated in the east, up to 25% in the center, and about 7% in the northeast.
The population of Taiwan, which the authorities in Beijing also consider as their territory, is ~ 23.57 million people.
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