China News Service, Nanjing, May 18 (Zhang Chuanming) On the 18th, a press conference on the main data results of the seventh national census of Jiangsu Province was held in Nanjing.

The data released at the meeting showed that among the permanent residents of Jiangsu Province, 62,242,383 people live in urban areas, accounting for 73.44%.

Compared with the sixth national census of Jiangsu Province in 2010, the urban population has increased by 14,870,895, and the proportion has risen by 13.22%.

  At the meeting, Wang Hanchun, deputy leader of the Leading Group for the Seventh National Census of Jiangsu Province and director of the Jiangsu Provincial Statistics Bureau, introduced that as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Jiangsu Province is 84,748,016, which is the sixth highest in Jiangsu Province in 2010. Compared with the 78,660,941 people in the second national census, a total of 60,870,75 people have been increased in ten years, an increase of 7.74%, and the average annual growth rate is 0.75%.

  Among the permanent population, the population living in cities and towns is 62,242,383.

Accounted for 73.44%; the population living in rural areas was 22,505,633, accounting for 26.56%.

Compared with the sixth national census of Jiangsu Province in 2010, the urban population has increased by 14,870,895 people, the rural population has decreased by 8,783,820 people, and the proportion of urban population has increased by 13.22%.

  "We feel that Jiangsu's urbanization process is accelerating, and the level of urbanization is steadily leading the country. In 2020, the urbanization rate of Jiangsu's permanent population is 73.44%, which is nearly 10 percentage points higher than the national average. Compared with 2010, the proportion has increased. After the urbanization rate exceeded 60% in 2010, Jiangsu Province once again achieved an increase of more than 13 percentage points, indicating that the population carrying capacity and agglomeration capacity of cities and towns in Jiangsu have been further improved. "The seventh time in Jiangsu Province. Said Wang Hanchun, deputy head of the National Census Leading Group and director of the Jiangsu Provincial Bureau of Statistics.

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