Population: County: Age 65 and Above: Shanghai data was reported at 0.580 Person th in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.536 Person th for 2022. Population: County: Age 65 and Above: Shanghai data is updated yearly, averaging 0.352 Person th from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2023, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 508.081 Person th in 2020 and a record low of 0.087 Person th in 2003. Population: County: Age 65 and Above: Shanghai data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: Sample Survey: By Age and Region: Rural.

China is a vast and diverse country and population density in different regions varies greatly. In 2023, the estimated population density of the administrative area of Shanghai municipality reached about 3,922 inhabitants per square kilometer, whereas statistically only around three people were living on one square kilometer in Tibet. Population distribution in China China's population is unevenly distributed across the country: while most people are living in the southeastern half of the country, the northwestern half – which includes the provinces and autonomous regions of Tibet, Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, and Inner Mongolia – is only sparsely populated. Even the inhabitants of a single province might be unequally distributed within its borders. This is significantly influenced by the geography of each region, and is especially the case in the Guangdong, Fujian, or Sichuan provinces due to their mountain ranges. The Chinese provinces with the largest absolute population size are Guangdong in the south, Shandong in the east and Henan in Central China. Urbanization and city population Urbanization is one of the main factors which have been reshaping China over the last four decades. However, when comparing the size of cities and urban population density, one has to bear in mind that data often refers to the administrative area of cities or urban units, which might be much larger than the contiguous built-up area of that city. The administrative area of Beijing municipality, for example, includes large rural districts, where only around 200 inhabitants are living per square kilometer on average, while roughly 20,000 residents per square kilometer are living in the two central city districts. This is the main reason for the huge difference in population density between the four Chinese municipalities Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing shown in many population statistics.

This point shapefile represents the prefecture city locations, with 2000 population census data, for the Shanghai province of China for 2000. These data are represented at 1:1,000,000 scale. This layer is part of the China 2000 township population census dataset.

In 2023, approximately 127.1 million people lived in Guangdong province in China. That same year, only about 3.65 million people lived in the sparsely populated highlands of Tibet. Regional differences in China China is the world’s most populous country, with an exceptional economic growth momentum. The country can be roughly divided into three regions: Western, Eastern, and Central China. Western China covers the most remote regions from the sea. It also has the highest proportion of minority population and the lowest levels of economic output. Eastern China, on the other hand, enjoys a high level of economic development and international corporations. Central China lags behind in comparison to the booming coastal regions. In order to accelerate the economic development of Western and Central Chinese regions, the PRC government has ramped up several incentive plans such as ‘Rise of Central China’ and ‘China Western Development’. Economic power of different provinces When observed individually, some provinces could stand an international comparison. Jiangxi province, for example, a medium-sized Chinese province, had a population size comparable to Argentina or Spain in 2023. That year, the GDP of Zhejiang, an eastern coastal province, even exceeded the economic output of the Netherlands. In terms of per capita annual income, the municipality of Shanghai reached a level close to that of the Czech Republik. Nevertheless, as shown by the Gini Index, China’s economic spur leaves millions of people in dust. Among the various kinds of economic inequality in China, regional or the so-called coast-inland disparity is one of the most significant. Posing as evidence for the rather large income gap in China, the poorest province Heilongjiang had a per capita income similar to that of Sri Lanka that year.

Population: Shanghai: Fengxian data was reported at 1,144.300 Person th in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,126.300 Person th for 2022. Population: Shanghai: Fengxian data is updated yearly, averaging 1,135.386 Person th from Dec 2004 (Median) to 2023, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,167.600 Person th in 2014 and a record low of 510.000 Person th in 2005. Population: Shanghai: Fengxian data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GJ: Population: County Level Region.

Population: County: Age 0 to 14: Shanghai data was reported at 0.134 Person th in 2023. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.134 Person th for 2022. Population: County: Age 0 to 14: Shanghai data is updated yearly, averaging 0.198 Person th from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2023, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 247.130 Person th in 2000 and a record low of 0.107 Person th in 2003. Population: County: Age 0 to 14: Shanghai data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: Sample Survey: By Age and Region: Rural.

In 2024, about 943.5 million people lived in urban regions in China and 464.8 million in rural. That year, the country had a total population of approximately 1.41 billion people. As of 2024, China was the second most populous country in the world. Urbanization in China Urbanization refers to the process by which people move from rural to urban areas and how a society adapts to the population shift. It is usually seen as a driving force in economic growth, accompanied by industrialization, modernization and the spread of education. Urbanization levels tend to be higher in industrial countries, whereas the degree of urbanization in developing countries remains relatively low. According to World Bank, a mere 19.4 percent of the Chinese population had been living in urban areas in 1980. Since then, China’s urban population has skyrocketed. By 2024, about 67 percent of the Chinese population lived in urban areas. Regional urbanization rates In the last decades, urbanization has progressed greatly in every region of China. Even in most of the more remote Chinese provinces, the urbanization rate surpassed 50 percent in recent years. However, the most urbanized areas are still to be found in the coastal eastern and southern regions of China. The population of Shanghai, the largest city in China and the world’s seventh largest city ranged at around 24 million people in 2023. China’s urban areas are characterized by a developing middle class. Per capita disposable income of Chinese urban households has more than doubled between 2010 and 2020. The emerging middle class is expected to become a significant driver for the continuing growth of the Chinese economy.

China Population: Rural: Shanghai: Nanhui data was reported at 609.000 Person th in 2008. This records a decrease from the previous number of 644.000 Person th for 2007. China Population: Rural: Shanghai: Nanhui data is updated yearly, averaging 442.000 Person th from Dec 2004 (Median) to 2008, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 644.000 Person th in 2007 and a record low of 424.000 Person th in 2004. China Population: Rural: Shanghai: Nanhui data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GJ: Population: Rural: County Level Region.

This shapefile represents the rivers for the Shanghai province of China for 2000. These data are represented at 1:1,000,000 scale. This layer is part of the China 2000 township population census dataset.

Population: Rural: Shanghai: Chongming data was reported at 570.000 Person th in 2012. This records an increase from the previous number of 500.000 Person th for 2011. Population: Rural: Shanghai: Chongming data is updated yearly, averaging 495.000 Person th from Dec 2004 (Median) to 2012, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 570.000 Person th in 2012 and a record low of 451.000 Person th in 2004. Population: Rural: Shanghai: Chongming data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GJ: Population: Rural: County Level Region.

In 2023, the urbanization rate in different provinces of China varied between 89.5 percent in Shanghai municipality and 38.9 percent in Tibet. The national average urbanization rate reached around 66.2 percent in 2023. Urbanization and economic development During China’s rapid economic development, the share of people living in cities increased from only 19.4 percent in 1980 to nearly 64 percent in 2020. Urbanization rates are now coming closer to those in developed countries. However, the degree of urbanization still varies significantly between different regions in China. This correlates generally with the level of economic development across different regions in China. In eastern Chinese regions with high personal income levels and high per capita GDP, more inhabitants are living in cities than in the countryside. Influence of geography Another reason for different urbanization rates lies in the huge geographic differences of regions in China. Basically, those regions with a low population density often also display lower urbanization rates, because their inhabitants live more scattered across the land area. These differences will most probably remain despite further economic progress.

As of 2023, about 10.1 percent of the population in Beijing was between 30 and 34 years of age, whereas only 1.6 percent were aged 85 and above. Beijing is the capital city of China and after Shanghai, the second largest city in the country. Beijing’s age distribution A broad age distribution of Beijing’s inhabitants reveals that a comparatively large share of the total population is of working age, while few children live in the city. This gap becomes even more obvious when looking at the age distribution by five-year groups: While the age cohorts between 25 and 39 accounts for 28 percent of the population, the age group between 0 and 19 accounts for only 14.6 percent. Two main reasons are responsible for this gap: On the one hand, many young people in their early working years move to the city and search for job opportunities; on the other hand, the motivation for having children in the city is low, mostly due to economic reasons. Many migrant workers from outside the city even leave their children behind when searching for better jobs in the city. Not only is the national average age distribution more balanced in this regard, but also that of many other larger cities. Prospects for the future In recent years, Beijing’s municipal government was determined to limit population inflow into the city. At the same time, former national measures of birth control were gradually relaxed and restrictions for migrants to take their children with them were partially lifted, which already had a positive effect on the number of children in the youngest age cohorts. However, given the very high costs of living in Beijing and its low attractiveness to family-oriented people, it is very likely that the average age of the population will increase quickly, leading to all the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly aging society.

By the end of 2023, there were around 85.26 million permanent residents in Jiangsu, China. Jiangsu is a Chinese province located on China's east coast, next to Shanghai. Jiangsu belongs to one of the largest economies in China. The southern part of this province is economically much better developed than the northern part.

The gender or sex ratio in China has been a contentious issue since the introduction of the one-child policy in 1979, intended to limit the population of the country. Although the policy is no longer in place, the population gender difference throughout the country is still evident. In 2023, fifteen to nineteen-year-old children had the largest gender disparity of 115.3 males to every 100 females. Gender imbalance While the difference of gender at birth has been decreasing in the country over the past decade, China still boasts the world’s most skewed sex ratio at birth at around 110 males born for every 100 females as of 2023. That means there are about 31 million more men in the country than women. This imbalance likely came from the country’s traditional preference for male children to continue the family lineage, in combination with the population control policies enforced. Where does that leave the population? The surplus of young, single men across the country poses a risk for China in many different socio-economic areas. Some of the roll-on effects include males overrepresenting specific labor markets, savings rates increasing, consumption reducing and violent crime increasing across the country. However, the adult mortality rate in China, that is, the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60, was significantly higher for men than for women. For the Chinese population over 60 years of age, the gender ratio is in favor of women, with more females outliving their male counterparts.

Japan’s largest city, greater Tokyo, had a staggering 37.19 million inhabitants in 2023, making it the most populous city across the Asia-Pacific region. India had the second largest city after Japan with a population consisting of approximately 33 million inhabitants. Contrastingly, approximately 410 thousand inhabitants populated Papua New Guinea's largest city in 2023. A megacity regionNot only did Japan and India have the largest cities throughout the Asia-Pacific region but they were among the three most populated cities worldwide in 2023. Interestingly, over half on the world’s megacities were situated in the Asia-Pacific region. However, being home to more than half of the world’s population, it does not seem surprising that by 2025 it is expected that more than two thirds of the megacities across the globe will be located in the Asia Pacific region. Other megacities are also expected to emerge within the Asia-Pacific region throughout the next decade. There have even been suggestions that Indonesia’s Jakarta and its conurbation will overtake Greater Tokyo in terms of population size by 2030. Increasing populationsIncreased populations in megacities can be down to increased economic activity. As more countries across the Asia-Pacific region have made the transition from agriculture to industry, the population has adjusted accordingly. Thus, more regions have experienced higher shares of urban populations. However, as many cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Seoul have an aging population, this may have an impact on their future population sizes, with these Asian regions estimated to have significant shares of the population being over 65 years old by 2035.

CN: Population: Death Rate: Shanghai data was reported at 0.628 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.637 % for 2023. CN: Population: Death Rate: Shanghai data is updated yearly, averaging 0.600 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.730 % in 1993 and a record low of 0.500 % in 2016. CN: Population: Death Rate: Shanghai data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GA: Population: Death Rate: By Region.

In 2023, the gender ratio in different regions in China varied greatly, from around 113.2 men per 100 women in Hainan province to only 97.1 men per 100 women in Liaoning. In most provinces in China, there are living more men than women, leading to a national gender ratio of around 104.2 men to 100 women in 2023.

As of 2024, the number of automobiles in China amounted to 353 million. Over the past decade, car parc in China has been increasing significantly by more than 105 percent. Status quo of car parc in China  Car parc refers to the number of registered motor vehicles in use in a region. Yet the term differs from vehicle parc by excluding motorcycles and agricultural vehicles. The car parc of China has been increasing exponentially due to the rapidly increasing new vehicle registrations. Guangdong province has the highest number of registered vehicles in the country. In 2023, the southern province had more than 2.5 million newly registered motor vehicles. In the same year, more than 21 million small passenger vehicles were registered for the first time nationwide. Measures to discourage car use  In recent years, negative effects of the constantly increasing car parc, such as heavy traffic jams and deteriorating air quality, started to surface in China. Several urban centers in China have thus introduced regulations to discourage car use, which prevent cars from being driven on certain days depending on the last digit of the plate number. As these policies failed to mitigate the effects of increasing car use, other measures, especially the plate number lottery schemes in cities such as Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai were introduced. Would-be drivers need to participate in a complicated lottery process to win a license plate before purchasing a vehicle, while a license plate could cost more than a car in the secondary market.

人口数:上海:崇明在12-01-2023达665.400千人，相较于12-01-2022的669.000千人有所下降。人口数:上海:崇明数据按年更新，12-01-2004至12-01-2023期间平均值为693.800千人，共20份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2011，达725.000千人，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2004，为604.000千人。CEIC提供的人口数:上海:崇明数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于上海市统计局，数据归类于中国经济数据库的社会人口 – Table CN.GJ: Population: County Level Region。

人口数:乡村:年龄:0-14:上海在12-01-2023达0.134千人，相较于12-01-2022的0.134千人保持不变。人口数:乡村:年龄:0-14:上海数据按年更新，12-01-1997至12-01-2023期间平均值为0.198千人，共27份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2000，达247.130千人，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2003，为0.107千人。CEIC提供的人口数:乡村:年龄:0-14:上海数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于国家统计局，数据归类于中国经济数据库的社会人口 – Table CN.GA: Population: Sample Survey: By Age and Region: Rural。