北京
Edited by Jia Zifan.
By the end of 2024, Chinese national population was 1,408.28 million (including the population of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and servicemen, but excluding residents of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and foreigners living in the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities), a decrease of 1.39 million over that at the end of 2023, according to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China on January 17. In 2024, the number of births was 9.54 million with a birth rate of 6.77 per thousand; the number of deaths was 10.93 million with a mortality rate of 7.76 per thousand; the natural population growth rate was negative 0.99 per thousand.
In terms of gender, the male population was 719.09 million, and the female population was 689.19 million; the sex ratio of the total population was 104.34 (the female is 100).
In terms of age structure, the population aged 16 to 59 was 857.98 million, accounting for 60.9 percent of the total population; the population aged 60 and over was 310.31 million, accounting for 22.0 percent of the total population. Specifically, the population aged 65 and over was 220.23 million, accounting for 15.6 percent of the total population.
In terms of urban-rural structure, the permanent residents in urban areas were 943.50 million, an increase of 10.83 million over the end of the previous year; and the permanent residents in rural areas were 464.78 million, a decrease of 12.22 million. The share of urban population in the total population (urbanization rate) was 67.00 percent, 0.84 percentage points higher than that at the end of the previous year. (By Jia Zifan/China Youth Daily)
来源：中国青年报客户端
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