Henan's population will break 100m this month
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July 13, 2010, Tuesday
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HENAN will become China's first province with more than 100 million people later this month, giving it a population size similar to the Philippines.
Largely rural Henan provides the country with many migrant workers who have helped transform the nation into the world's third biggest economy.
Henan's population jumped from 40 million in the 1950s to about 90 million in the 1990s.
While the population will soon hit 100 million, the rise has slowed notably in the past two decades, China News Service reported yesterday.
Henan would have an estimated 33 million additional people if the central government hadn't introduced the one-child policy three decades ago, the report said.
Henan's population was estimated to reach 107 million by 2020, provincial family planning officials said.
China is projected to have 1.39 billion citizens by 2015, up from 1.32 billion at the end of 2008.
Nationwide, China will begin its sixth census on November 1 at a cost between 8 billion yuan (US$1.2 billion) and 10 billion yuan.
Such a census is held every 10 years. The last one in 2000 put the population at more than 1.29 billion.
China's urban population will overtake its rural population for the first time by 2015, with the number of people living in towns and cities set to top 700 million, according to the National Population and Family Planning Commission.
Largely rural Henan provides the country with many migrant workers who have helped transform the nation into the world's third biggest economy.
Henan's population jumped from 40 million in the 1950s to about 90 million in the 1990s.
While the population will soon hit 100 million, the rise has slowed notably in the past two decades, China News Service reported yesterday.
Henan would have an estimated 33 million additional people if the central government hadn't introduced the one-child policy three decades ago, the report said.
Henan's population was estimated to reach 107 million by 2020, provincial family planning officials said.
China is projected to have 1.39 billion citizens by 2015, up from 1.32 billion at the end of 2008.
Nationwide, China will begin its sixth census on November 1 at a cost between 8 billion yuan (US$1.2 billion) and 10 billion yuan.
Such a census is held every 10 years. The last one in 2000 put the population at more than 1.29 billion.
China's urban population will overtake its rural population for the first time by 2015, with the number of people living in towns and cities set to top 700 million, according to the National Population and Family Planning Commission.
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