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By one estimate, in 2024 China's population stood at about 1.408 billion, down from the 1.412 billion recorded in the 2020 census. [11] According to the 2020 census, 91.11% of the population was Han Chinese, and 8.89% were minorities. China's population growth rate is −0.15%, ranking 159th in the world.
China's population pyramid, 2023 to 2100, as projected by the United Nations in 2022. China's population is aging faster than almost all other countries in modern history. [1] [2] In 2050, the proportion of Chinese over retirement age will become 39 percent of the total population according to projections.
World population pyramid from 1950 to projected in 2100 (UN, World Population Prospects 2017) A population pyramid (age structure diagram) or "age-sex pyramid" is a graphical illustration of the distribution of a population (typically that of a country or region of the world) by age groups and sex; it typically takes the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing. [1]
The world population more than tripled during the 20th century from about 1.65 billion in 1900 to 5.97 billion in 1999. [16] [17] [18] It reached the 2 billion mark in 1927, the 3 billion mark in 1960, 4 billion in 1974, and 5 billion in 1987. [19] The overall population of the world is approximately 8 billion as of November 2022.
As of 2016, 757 million people live in the 101 largest cities; [41] these cities are home to 11% of the world's population. [41] By the end of the century, the world population is projected to grow, with estimates ranging from 6.9 billion to 13.1 billion; [41] the percentage of people living in the 101 largest cities is estimated to be 15% to ...
The Seventh National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 第七次全国人口普查; pinyin: Dì Qī Cì Quánguó Rénkǒu Pǔchá), also referred to as the 2020 Chinese Census, was the seventh national census conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. [2]
The Population of Modern China (1992) excerpt; also another excerpt; Pritchard, Earl H. “Thoughts on the Historical Development of the Population of China.” Journal of Asian Studies 23#1 (1963), pp. 3–20 online, discussion of technical issues; Schinz, Alfred. The Magic Square: Cities in Ancient China(Fellbach: Edition Axel Menges, 1996).
The population structure has great diversity, ranging from intellectuals with a high level of education to migrant workers with poor education. [21] It was reported in June 2007 that more than 20 percent of China's PhD graduates had worked in Shenzhen. [22] Shenzhen was also elected as one of the top 10 cities in China for expatriates.