China News Service, Beijing, October 10 (Reporter Wang Enbo) The National Bureau of Statistics of China released a series of reports on economic and social development achievements since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on the 10th.

By the end of 2021, China's population will be 1,412.6 million, an increase of 53.38 million over the end of 2012, an average annual increase of 5.931 million, and an average annual growth rate of 0.4%.

  According to the report, while China's population continues to grow, the gender structure has been optimized and improved.

By the end of 2021, China's male population will be 723.11 million, accounting for 51.2%, and the female population will be 689.49 million, accounting for 48.8%. The sex ratio of the total population is 104.9, down 0.2 from 2012.

From the perspective of the sex structure of the birth population, the sex ratio of the birth population in 2021 will be 108.3, which is 9.4 lower than that in 2012, and the gender structure of the birth population has improved significantly.

  Population mobility is an important feature of China's current population and social development.

Since 2012, with the continuous advancement of urbanization, China's population mobility has become increasingly active, which has injected a strong impetus into the stable and healthy economic and social development.

  In 2020, the number of Chinese people separated from households will reach 492.76 million, accounting for 34.9% of the national population. Among them, the floating population will reach 375.82 million, accounting for 26.6% of the national population.

Compared with 2010, the number of people separated from households in China increased by 231.38 million, an increase of 88.5%, and the floating population increased by 154.39 million, an increase of 69.7%.

  From the perspective of population flow, the population continued to gather in coastal areas, riverside areas and inland urban areas. The population in the eastern region continued to increase, and the proportion of the population increased by 2.1 percentage points compared with 2010.

The population concentration of major urban agglomerations has increased, and the population of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area urban agglomeration, the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and the Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration have grown rapidly, increasing by 35.0%, 12.0% and 7.3% respectively.

The population density increments of Shanghai, Beijing, Guangdong, and Zhejiang provinces (cities) in the past 10 years are all more than 100 people per square kilometer.

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