Quick Facts of China Population

China's urban population set to surpass rural figure
 China's urban population is to surpass its rural population for the first time by 2015, with the number of Chinese living in towns and cities set to top 700 million, Xinhua news agency reported.

Li Bin, director of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, said that the world's most populous country is projected to have 1.39 billion citizens by 2015, up from 1.32 billion at the end of 2008, Xinhua quoted her as saying.

The number of people over 60 would pass 200 million, the first boom in the old-age population, she said. An average of 8 million are expected to turn 60 each year, 3.2 million more than the average in 2006-2010.

The population dependency ratio, the proportion of those too young or old to work, would rise for the first time after falling for over 40 years, while the ratio of those aged 15-59 would peak and then slowly fall. (Toronto Sun, July 4, 2010)

 China Population Statistics (1949 - 2004)

* There is 4.65 million people can not be identified residential area.
** The above population statistics are based on the 6th census in 2010, and published by Chinese government on April 28, 2011.

*The above population statistics do not include 2.5 million members of Chinese armed force.

• China Population: 1.328 billion (2008) about 22% of total population in the world.
• The year of 1998 saw19.91 million births, 8.07 million deaths of the population, with a net growth population of 11.84 million (compared with 12.37 million in 1997);  More than 10% of total population is over 60 years old (1999 data).

• 2005 China Population Report