Appendix 1.15: Population and Its Composition

Data in this table include the military personnel, but exclude the population of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

(10,000 persons)
Year	Total	By Sex				By Residence
	Population	Male		Female		Urban		Rural
	(year-end)	Population	Proportion	Population	Proportion	Population	Proportion	Population	Proportion
1978	96,259	49,567	51.49	46,692	48.51	17,245	17.92	79,014	82.08
1979	97,542	50,192	51.46	47,350	48.54	18,495	18.96	79,047	81.04
1980	98,705	50,785	51.45	47,920	48.55	19,140	19.39	79,565	80.61
1981	100,072	51,519	51.48	48,553	48.52	20,171	20.16	79,901	79.84
1982	101,654	52,352	51.50	49,302	48.50	21,480	21.13	80,174	78.87
1983	103,008	53,152	51.60	49,856	48.40	22,274	21.62	80,734	78.38
1984	104,357	53,848	51.60	50,509	48.40	24,017	23.01	80,340	76.99
1985	105,851	54,725	51.70	51,126	48.30	25,094	23.71	80,757	76.29
1986	107,507	55,581	51.70	51,926	48.30	26,366	24.52	81,141	75.48
1987	109,300	56,290	51.50	53,010	48.50	27,674	25.32	81,626	74.68
1988	111,026	57,201	51.52	53,825	48.48	28,661	25.81	82,365	74.19
1989	112,704	58,099	51.55	54,605	48.45	29,540	26.21	83,164	73.79
1990	114,333	58,904	51.52	55,429	48.48	30,191	26.41	84,142	73.59
1991	115,823	59,466	51.34	56,357	48.66	30,543	26.37	85,280	73.63
1992	117,171	59,811	51.05	57,360	48.95	32,372	27.63	84,799	72.37
1993	118,517	60,472	51.02	58,045	48.98	33,351	28.14	85,166	71.86
1994	119,850	61,246	51.10	58,604	48.90	34,301	28.62	85,549	71.38
1995	121,121	61,808	51.03	59,313	48.97	35,174	29.04	85,947	70.96
1996	122,389	62,200	50.82	60,189	49.18	35,950	29.37	86,439	70.63
1997	123,626	63,131	51.07	60,495	48.93	36,989	29.92	86,637	70.08
1998	124,810	63,629	50.98	61,181	49.02	37,942	30.40	86,868	69.60
1999	125,909	64,189	50.98	61,720	49.02	38,892	30.89	87,017	69.11
2000	126,583	65,355	51.63	61,228	48.37	45,844	36.22	80,739	63.78
2001	127,627	65,672	51.46	61,955	48.54	48,064	37.66	79,563	62.34
a) Data before 1982 were taken from the annual reports of the Ministry of Public Security. Data in 1982-1989 were adjusted on the basis of the 1982 and 1990 national population censuses. Data in 1990-1999 have been estimated on the basis of the annual national sample surveys on population changes. Data of 2000 are obtained from the advance tabulation of the 5th national population census, with zero hour of 1 November 2000 as the reference time. b) Urban Population figures include the military personnel. Source: China Statistical Yearbook 2001 and China Statistical Abstract 2002