Communique of the major statistics from the first national population census as released by the State Statistical Bureau of the People's Republic of China (November 1, 1954).

Abstract

China's State Statistical Bureau, working in coordination with related departments in line with the directives of the Government Administration Council of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China and in the light of the country's national election, carried out its first national population census. So that the census could proceed efficiently, registration offices were set up at different levels throughout the country, and a simple and viable standard procedure was devised. The processing and verification as well as the collection of the data are now totally completed. Statistics included are: 1) with 0 hour July 1, 1953, as the reference time, the total population of China is 601,938,035; 2) males account for 51.82% of the total population; 3) those people 18 years old or over account for 58.92% of the total; 4) the Han nationality accounts for 93.94% of the total; and 5) 13.26% of the population reside in cities and towns. The distribution of the national population by province are given.