ksuadminMay 11, 2021 31
The Chinese government revealed its census data on Tuesday morning (11; Monday evening in Brazil). The country had 1.411 billion inhabitants in 2020, 72 million more than in 2010.
The census was carried out by the National Department of Statistics. The survey is carried out every ten years, and this edition involved the work of more than 7 million people. The survey was carried out between November and December 2020. Some of the data was collected online, according to the South China Morning Post.
In the last survey, in 2010, the country had 1.339 billion inhabitants. As a result, the average annual growth between 2011 and 2020 was 0.53%. During the previous decade (2000-2010), this rate was 0.57%. The data only includes mainland China, not including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.