Editing Chongqing (section)

===Population===
[[File:Jiefangbei (People's Liberation Monument).jpg|thumb|left|Jiefangbei (People's Liberation Monument), the landmark and center of Chongqing]]

{{Historical populations
|type=China
|1949|1003000
|1979|6301000
|1983|13890000
|1996|15297000
|1997<ref name="statyb2014">{{cite web|url=http://jtj.cq.gov.cn/html/tjsj/tjnj/
|trans-title=Statistical Yearbook 2014|script-title=zh:统计年鉴2014|publisher=Statistics Bureau of Chongqing|language = zh-hans|date=9 February 2015|access-date=1 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402073159/http://jtj.cq.gov.cn/html/tjsj/tjnj/|archive-date=2 April 2015
}}</ref>*|28753000
|2000<ref name="statyb2014"/>|28488200
|2005<ref name="statyb2014"/>|27980000
|2008<ref name="statyb2014"/>|28390000
|2012<ref name="statyb2014"/>|28846170
|2013<ref name="statyb2014"/>|29700000
|2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cqtj.gov.cn/html/tjsj/tjgb/15/03/7345.html|trans-title=Chongqing Economic and Social Development Statistical Bulletin 2014|script-title=zh:2014年重庆市国民经济和社会发展统计公报|publisher=Chongqing Bureau of Statistics|language = zh-Hans|date=16 March 2015|access-date=1 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523021109/http://www.cqtj.gov.cn/html/tjsj/tjgb/15/03/7345.html|archive-date=23 May 2015
}}</ref>|29914000
|2015<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://data.stats.gov.cn/english/easyquery.htm?cn=E0103|title=Annual Total Population by Provinces|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics China|language=en|access-date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419130250/http://data.stats.gov.cn/english/easyquery.htm?cn=E0103|archive-date=19 April 2016|url-status=live}}
</ref>|30170000
|footnote = <nowiki>*</nowiki>Population size in 1997 was affected by expansion of administrative divisions.
}}

According to the [[2020 Chinese census|2020 national census]], Chongqing has a population of 32,054,159, accounting for around 2.27% of the national total.<ref name="data2022" /> This makes it the [[List of largest cities|most populous city proper in the world]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Banerjee |first=Bhabna |date=15 August 2023 |title=Ranked: The World’s Largest Cities By Population |url=https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-worlds-largest-cities-by-population/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610213554/https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-worlds-largest-cities-by-population/ |archive-date=10 June 2024 |website=Visual Capitalist}}</ref> {{As of|2010}}, the [[metropolitan area]] encompassing the central urban area was estimated by the [[OECD]] to have, a population of 17 million.<ref>{{cite news|first=Justina|last=Crabtree|title=A tale of megacities: China's largest metropolises - section Chongqing|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/20/biggest-megacities-in-china.html#:~:text=Chongqing |work=CNBC|date=20 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215194520/https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/20/biggest-megacities-in-china.html#:~:text=Chongqing|archive-date=15 December 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|doi=10.1787/9789264230040-en|title=OECD Urban Policy Reviews: China 2015, OECD READ edition|url=http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/urban-rural-and-regional-development/oecd-urban-policy-reviews-china-2015_9789264230040-en#page39|publisher=[[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]]|page=37|via=OECD iLibrary|language=en|date=18 April 2015|issn=2306-9341|isbn=9789264230033|access-date=8 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327210032/http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/urban-rural-and-regional-development/oecd-urban-policy-reviews-china-2015_9789264230040-en#page39|archive-date=27 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/china/oecd-urban-policy-reviews-china-2015-9789264230040-en.htm|title=OECD Urban Policy Reviews: China 2015|date=2015-04-18|publisher=OECD|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209044027/http://www.oecd.org/china/oecd-urban-policy-reviews-china-2015-9789264230040-en.htm|archive-date=9 December 2017 }}</ref>

The Census also lists the male percentage as 50.55% and the female percentage as 49.55%. In terms of age distribution, of the total population, 15.91% were age 0–14, 62.22% were 15–64, and 21.87% were 65 and over. Of the population's highest education level achieved, 15.41% were college, 15.96% were high school, 30.58% were middle school, and 29.89% were elementary school.<ref name="data2022" /> {{As of|2021}}, 70.4% of Chongqing's population is estimated to be urban, and 29.6% rural.<ref name="data2022">{{cite web|url=https://data.stats.gov.cn/english/easyquery.htm?cn=E0103|title=National Data|publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]]|date=1 March 2022|access-date=23 March 2022|archive-date=9 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109073448/http://data.stats.gov.cn/english/easyquery.htm?cn=E0103|url-status=live}}</ref>