China releases 7th population census data
The State Council Information Office held a news conference on the outcome of the seventh national population census on Tuesday. Here are the highlights:
- Chinese mainland registers a population of 1.41 billion, with an annual growth rate of 0.53 percent in the past decade, down from 0.57 percent recorded from 2000 to 2010.
- Chinese aged 60 and above reached 264.02 million, or 18.70 percent of population, up 5.44 percentage points from 2010.
- A total of 845,697 foreigners are living on the Chinese mainland, compared with 593,832 a decade ago.
Sex ratio heading to a more balanced direction
- The number of male in China has reached 723.34 million, accounting for 51.24 of the whole population, while the female reached 688.44 million, or 48.76 percent.
- The male to female ratio stands at 105.07, which is a slight drop compared with that in 2010.
- The sex ratio at birth is 111.3, falling 6.8 from that in the last census. (Chinadaily.com.cn)

【#国家统计局回应人口老龄化情况#】Chinese people aged 60 or above account for 18.7 percent of the total population, 5.44 percentage points higher than the level in 2010 when the previous census was conducted, according to the latest census data released on Tuesday. 宁吉喆：我国60岁及以上人口超2.64亿，占18.70%，#全国有6省老年人口超1000万#。

#第7次人口普查结果# China is seeing more youth and an expanding aging group. The number of people aged between 0-14 reached 253 million in 2020, accounting for 17.95% of the total population. The number of people aged above 60 reached 264 million, accounting for 18.7% of the total population.