Editing Harbin (section)

===Population===
{{Historical populations
|type=China
|1934|500526
|1944|711818
|1953|1162962
|1964|1962000
|1982|2542832
|1990|4219516
|2000|9413359
|2010|10635971
|2020|10009854
|footnote = Population size may be affected by changes on administrative divisions.
}}

The 2020 census revealed total population in Harbin was 10,009,854, representing a 5.62 percent decrease over the previous decade.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=黑龙江省人口普查年鉴-2020 |trans-title=Heilongjiang Province Census Yearbook-2020 |url=https://tjj.hlj.gov.cn/tjjnianjian/2020rkpc/indexch.htm |access-date=17 May 2024 |website=Heilongjiang Bureau of Statistics}}</ref> The built-up area, made up of all urban districts but Acheng and Shuangcheng not urbanized yet, had a population of 5,282,083 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/china-heilongjiang-admin.php|title=China: Administrative Division of Hēilóngjiāng / 黑龙江省 (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts|access-date=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708202109/https://www.citypopulation.de/php/china-heilongjiang-admin.php|archive-date=8 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 70.61 percent lived in urban areas, while 29.39 lived in rural areas.<ref name=":4" />

The [[demographic profile]] for the Harbin metropolitan area in general is relatively old: 10.46 percent are under the age of 14, while 14.65 percent are over 65. Harbin has a higher percentage of males (50.02 percent) than females (49.98 percent).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://heilongjiang.dbw.cn/system/2011/05/13/053162730.shtml | script-title=zh:哈尔滨人口突破千万 外来人口增速超本地 | publisher=Dongbeiwang | date=2011-05-13 | access-date=2013-02-09 | language=zh | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524184451/http://heilongjiang.dbw.cn/system/2011/05/13/053162730.shtml | archive-date=2013-05-24 | url-status=live }}</ref> Harbin currently has a lower [[birth rate]] than other parts of China, with 6.95 births per 1,000 inhabitants, compared to the Chinese average of 12.13 births.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.harbin.gov.cn/info/news/index/detail/211381.htm|publisher=www.harbin.gov.cn|script-title=zh:哈市最新常住人口1063.59万 居副省级城市第三位|date=11 November 2011|language=zh|access-date=8 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513001651/http://www.harbin.gov.cn/info/news/index/detail/211381.htm|archive-date=13 May 2013}}</ref>