Zhongxin Finance, January 17 (Reporter Li Jinlei) On January 17, the National Bureau of Statistics released China's economic data for 2021.

At the end of the year, the national population (including the population of 31 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and active servicemen, excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents and foreigners living in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) was 1,412.6 million, an increase of 480,000 over the end of the previous year.

  The annual birth population was 10.62 million, with a birth rate of 7.52‰; the death population was 10.14 million, with a population death rate of 7.18‰; the natural population growth rate was 0.34‰.

In terms of gender composition, the male population is 723.11 million and the female population is 689.49 million, with a sex ratio of 104.88 (with females being 100).