2000 Chinese census
2000 Chinese census
The 2000 Chinese census, officially the Fifth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国第五次全国人口普查), was conducted by the government of the People's Republic of China with 1 November 2000 as its zero hour. The total population was calculated as 1,295,330,000. The census also covered population growth, number of households, sex, age, ethnicity, educational attainment, and urban and rural population.
The census did not include the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
Population by province-level division
Based on the results of the Fifth National Population Census, Henan was the most populous province-level division, Shandong was ranked second, Guangdong and Sichuan were third and fourth, and Jiangsu, Hebei, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, and Zhejiang were ranked fifth through tenth. Hainan, Ningxia, Qinghai, and Tibet were the four least populous, with fewer than 10 million people each. Tibet was the least populous of all, with 2,620,000 people.
There were nine province-level divisions with more than 50 million people, eighteen with 10–50 million people, and four with less than 10 million people.
More than 50 million
Henan Province and Shandong Province had more than 90 million people.
Guangdong Province and Sichuan Province had more than 80 million people.
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