Data of the Second National Population Census

Several main statistics of the results of the second national population census


(1964)


   (1) Total population


    At 24: 00 on June 30, 1964, the national population was 723,070,269. The population of 28 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions (Tianjin was then affiliated to Hebei Province) and active servicemen was 694,581,759, including 356,517,011 men, accounting for 51.33%; There are 338,064,748 women, accounting for 48.67%. The population of Taiwan Province, Hong Kong and Macao compatriots and overseas Chinese is 28,488,510.


    The population of each province, city and autonomous region is as follows: (unit: people)


    Beijing 7,568,495
    Hebei Province 45,687,781
    Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 12,348,638
    Shanxi Province 18,015,067
    Liaoning Province 26,946,200
    Jilin Province 15,668,663
    Heilongjiang Province 20,118,271
    Shanghai 10,816,458
    Jiangsu Province 44,504,608
    Zhejiang Province 28,318,573
    Anhui Province 31,241,657
    Jiangxi Province 21,068,019
    Fujian Province 16,757,223
    Shandong Province 55,519,038
    Guangdong Province 42,800,849
    Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 20,845,017
    Hunan Province 37,182,286
    Hubei Province 33,709,344
    Henan Province 50,325,511
    Sichuan Province 67,956,490
    Yunnan Province 20,509,525
    Guizhou Province 17,140,521
    Xizang Autonomous Region 1,251,225
    Shaanxi Province 20,766,915
    Gansu Province 12,630,569
    Qinghai Province 2,145,604
    Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 7,270,067


   (2) Population of all ethnic groups


    On June 30, 1964, there were 651,296,368 Han people in 28 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, accounting for 94.22% of the total population. The population of ethnic minorities is 39,883,909, accounting for 5.78%.


    Ethnic groups with a population of more than one million are: Mongolian 1,965,766; 4,473,147 Hui people: 2,501,174 Tibetans; 3,996,311 Uighurs; 2,782,088 Miao people; 3,380,960 Yi people; 8,386,140 Zhuang people; 1,348,055 Buyi people; 1,339,569 Koreans; There are 2,695,675 Manchu people.


   (3) Population age


    On June 30, 1964, the working-age population in China (men aged 16 to 59 and women aged 16 to 54) was 341,491,424, accounting for 49.17% of the total population.


    The population under the age of 1 to 14 is 280,671,035, accounting for 40.4% of the total population. Among them: 114,287,925 school-age children aged 7 to 12; There are 135,422,127 children under 6 years old. The population over 61 is 38,171,010, accounting for 5.5% of the total population. There are 4,900 people over 100 years old (2,134 men and 2,766 women). The highest age is 150 years old, and there is one person.


   (4) Education level of the population


    On June 30, 1964, among the population of 28 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, there were 2,875,401 people with university education, 9,116,831 people with high school education, 32,346,788 people with junior high school education and 195,824,459 people with primary school education.