4-1      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	96259	49567	51.49	46692	48.51	17245	17.92	79014	82.08
1979	97542	50192	51.46	47350	48.54	18495	18.96	79047	81.04
1980	98705	50785	51.45	47920	48.55	19140	19.39	79565	80.61
1981	100072	51519	51.48	48553	48.52	20171	20.16	79901	79.84
1982	101654	52352	51.50	49302	48.50	21480	21.13	80174	78.87
1983	103008	53152	51.60	49856	48.40	22274	21.62	80734	78.38
1984	104357	53848	51.60	50509	48.40	24017	23.01	80340	76.99
1985	105851	54725	51.70	51126	48.30	25094	23.71	80757	76.29
1986	107507	55581	51.70	51926	48.30	26366	24.52	81141	75.48
1987	109300	56290	51.50	53010	48.50	27674	25.32	81626	74.68
1988	111026	57201	51.52	53825	48.48	28661	25.81	82365	74.19
1989	112704	58099	51.55	54605	48.45	29540	26.21	83164	73.79
1990	114333	58904	51.52	55429	48.48	30191	26.41	84142	73.59
1991	115823	59466	51.34	56357	48.66	30543	26.37	85280	73.63
1992	117171	59811	51.05	57360	48.95	32372	27.63	84799	72.37
1993	118517	60472	51.02	58045	48.98	33351	28.14	85166	71.86
1994	119850	61246	51.10	58604	48.90	34301	28.62	85549	71.38
1995	121121	61808	51.03	59313	48.97	35174	29.04	85947	70.96
1996	122389	62200	50.82	60189	49.18	35950	29.37	86439	70.63
1997	123626	63131	51.07	60495	48.93	36989	29.92	86637	70.08
1998	124810	63629	50.98	61181	49.02	37942	30.40	86868	69.60
1999	125909	64189	50.98	61720	49.02	38892	30.89	87017	69.11
2000	126583	65355	51.63	61228	48.37	45844	36.22	80739	63.78
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 (the next table is the same), Data of 2000 are obtained from the advance tabulation of the 5th national population census, with
zero hour of November 1, 2000 as the reference time.
b)Urban Population include the military personnel.