Editing Demographics of China (section)

===Structure of the population===
Census population of China by age and sex:
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File:China Sex by Age 1953 census.png|China population pyramid as of 1st National Census day on June 30, 1953
File:China Sex By Age 1964 census.png|China population pyramid as of 2nd National Census day on July 1, 1964
File:China Sex By Age 1982 census.png|China population pyramid as of 3rd National Census day on July 1, 1982
File:China Sex By Age 1990 census.png|China population pyramid as of 4th National Census day on July 1, 1990
File:China Sex By Age 2000 census.png|China population pyramid as of 5th National Census day on November 1, 2000
File:China Sex By Age 2010 census.png|China population pyramid as of 6th National Census day on November 1, 2010
File:China_population_sex_by_age_on_Nov,_1st,_2020.png|China population pyramid as of 7th National Census day on November 1, 2020
File:China_population_pyramid_projected_for_2030.png|China population pyramid as projected of 8th National Census day on November 1, 2030, in scenario of constant TFR at 2021 level and continued improvements in mortality
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[[File:China population pyramid from 1950 to 2022.gif|thumb|279x279px|Population pyramid of China from 1950 to 2022]]
[[File:China population pyramid from 2023 to 2100.gif|thumb|277x277px|[[Aging of China|Age structure projections]] for China up to 2100]]
Population by Sex and Age Group ([[2010 Chinese census|as of November 01, 2010]]). For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include those for [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]]. Data exclude 2.3 million servicemen, 4.65 million persons with permanent resident status difficult to define, and 0.12 per cent undercount based on the post enumeration survey:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2019/ |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |access-date=26 May 2022 |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414025155/https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2019/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
! Age Group
! Male
! Female
! Total
! %
|-
| Total
| 682 329 104
| 650 481 765 
| 1 332 810 869
| {{percentage bar|100}}
|-
| 0–4
| 41 062 566
| 34 470 044
| 75 532 610
| {{percentage bar|5.67}}
|-
| 5–9
| 38 464 665 
| 32 416 884
| 70 881 549
| {{percentage bar|5.32}}
|-
| 10–14
| 40 267 277
| 34 641 185
| 74 908 462
| {{percentage bar|5.62}}
|-
| 15–19
| 51 904 830
| 47 984 284
| 99 889 114
| {{percentage bar|7.49}}
|-
| 20–24
| 64 008 573
| 63 403 945
| 127 412 518
| {{percentage bar|9.56}}
|-
| 25–29
| 50 837 038
| 50 176 814
| 101 013 852
| {{percentage bar|7.58}}
|-
| 30–34
| 49 521 822
| 47 616 381
| 97 138 203
| {{percentage bar|7.29}}
|-
| 35–39
| 60 391 104
| 57 634 855
| 118 025 959
| {{percentage bar|8.86}}
|-
| 40–44
| 63 608 678
| 61 145 286
| 124 753 964
| {{percentage bar|9.36}}
|-
| 45–49
| 53 776 418
| 51 818 135
| 105 594 553
| {{percentage bar|7.92}}
|-
| 50–54
| 40 363 234
| 38 389 937
| 78 753 171
| {{percentage bar|5.91}}
|-
| 55–59
| 41 082 938
| 40 229 536
| 81 312 474
| {{percentage bar|6.10}}
|-
| 60–64
| 29 834 426
| 28 832 856
| 58 667 282
| {{percentage bar|4.40}}
|-
| 65–69
| 20 748 471
| 20 364 811
| 41 113 282
| {{percentage bar|3.08}}
|-
| 70–74
| 16 403 453
| 16 568 944
| 32 972 397
| {{percentage bar|2.47}}
|-
| 75–79
| 11 278 859
| 12 573 274
| 23 852 133
| {{percentage bar|1.79}}
|-
| 80–84
| 5 917 502
| 7 455 696
| 13 373 198
| {{percentage bar|1.00}}
|-
| 85–89
| 2 199 810
| 3 432 118
| 5 631 928
| {{percentage bar|0.42}}
|-
| 90–94
| 530 872
| 1 047 435
| 1 578 307
| {{percentage bar|0.12}}
|-
| 95–99
| 117 716
| 252 263
| 369 979
| {{percentage bar|0.03}}
|-
| 100+
| 8 852
| 27 082
| 35 934
| {{percentage bar|0.01|<0.01%}}
|-
! Age group
! Male
! Female
! Total
! Percent
|-
| 0–14
| 119 794 508
| 101 528 113
| 221 322 621
| {{percentage bar|16.61}}
|-
| 15–64
| 505 329 061
| 487 232 029
| 992 561 090
| {{percentage bar|74.47}}
|-
| 65+
| 57 205 535
| 61 721 623
| 118 927 158
| {{percentage bar|8.92}}
|}

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| yAxisTitle= million
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
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| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

| y1= 546.8, 557.5, 568.9, 581.4, 595.3, 608.7, 621.5, 637.4, 653.2, 666, 667.1, 660.3, 665.8, 682.3, 698.4, 715.2, 735.4, 754.5, 774.5, 796, 818.3, 841.1, 862, 881.9, 900.4, 916.4, 930.7, 943.5, 956.2, 969, 981.2, 993.9, 1008.1, 1020.2, 1034.8, 1045.3, 1066.8, 1084, 1101.6, 1118.7, 1135.2, 1150.8, 1165, 1178.4, 1191.8, 1204.9, 1217.5, 1230.1, 1241.9, 1252.7, 1262.6, 1271.8, 1280.4, 1288.4, 1296.1, 1303.7, 1311, 1317.9, 1324.7, 1331.4, 1337.8, 1344.1, 1353.8, 1360.7, 1367.8, 1374.6, 1382.7, 1390.1, 1395.4, 1400, 1411.1, 1412.4, 1411.8

| y1Title= population (million)

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| yAxisTitle= ‰
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| xGrid= 10
| hAnnotatonsLine=0
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| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

| y1=  19.0, 20.0, 20.0, 23.0, 24.79, 20.32, 20.50, 23.23, 17.24, 10.19, -4.57, 3.78, 26.99, 33.33, 27.64, 28.38, 26.22, 25.53, 27.38, 26.08, 25.83, 23.33, 22.16, 20.89, 17.48, 15.69, 12.66, 12.06, 12.00, 11.61, 11.87, 14.55, 15.68, 13.29, 13.08, 14.26, 15.57, 16.61, 15.73, 15.04, 14.39, 12.98, 11.60, 11.46, 11.21, 10.55, 10.41, 10.06, 9.14, 8.18, 7.58, 6.95, 6.45, 6.01, 5.87, 5.89, 5.28, 5.17, 5.08, 4.87, 4.79, 6.13, 7.43, 5.90, 6.71, 4.95, 6.53, 5.58, 3.78, 3.32, 1.45, 0.34, -0.60
| y1Title=natural change (per 1000)

}}