First National Census | ||
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General information | ||
Country | China | |
Results | ||
Total population | 582,603,417 | |
Most populous | Henan | |
Least populous | Tibet Autonomous Region |
The 1953 Chinese census, officially the First National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, was conducted by the People's Republic of China starting on June 30, 1953. The results were summarized in Chinese newspapers on November 1, 1954. As the full results were not published, they had to subsequently be assembled from Soviet sources over the next five years.
The official summaries listed the total population of Mainland China in 1953 as 582,603,417.
13.26% of the population (77,257,282 persons) were listed as residing in urban areas comprising 163 cities, [n 1] industrial and mining districts, [n 2] and about 1450 towns. [n 3] Of the urban population, roughly 1 in 12 resided in Shanghai.
City | Province/Municipality/Region/Autonomous Region | Population 1953 Census [1] [2] | Population previous estimates [3] [4] | Numerical Change | Relative Change |
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Huainan | Anhui | 286,900 | — | — | — |
Bengbu | Anhui | 253,000 | 201,000 | 52,000 | 25.87% |
Wuhu | Anhui | 242,100 | 204,000 | 38,100 | 18.68% |
Hefei | Anhui | 183,600 | 70,000 | 113,600 | 162.3% |
Anqing | Anhui | 105,300 | 121,000 | 15,700 | -12.98% |
Tunxi | Anhui | >50,000 | — | — | — |
Hangzhou | Zhejiang | 696,600 | 518,000 | 178,600 | 34.48% |
Ningbo | Zhejiang | 237,500 | 210,000 | 27,500 | 13.10% |
Wenzhou | Zhejiang | 201,600 | 157,000 | 44,600 | 28.41% |
Shaoxing | Zhejiang | 130,600 | 93,000 | 37,600 | 40.43% |
Jiaxing | Zhejiang | 78,300 | 53,000 | 25,300 | 47.7% |
Huzhou | Zhejiang | 62,700 | 45,000 | 17,700 | 39.3% |
Jinhua | Zhejiang | 46,200 | 23,000 | 23,200 | 101% |
Fuzhou | Fujian | 553,000 | 331,000 | 222,000 | 67.1% |
Xiamen | Fujian | 224,300 | 158,000 | 66,300 | 41.96% |
Quanzhou | Fujian | 107,700 | 121,000 | 13,300 | -10.99% |
Zhangzhou | Fujian | 81,200 | 62,000 | 19,200 | 31.0% |
Harbin | Municipality of Harbin | 1,163,000 | 760,000 | 403,000 | 53.03% |
Qiqihar | Heilongjiang | 344,700 | 175,000 | 169,700 | 96.97% |
Mudanjiang | Songjiang | 151,400 | 200,000 | 48,600 | -24.3% |
Jiamusi | Songjiang | 146,000 | 168,000 | 18,000 | -10.7% |
Hegang | Songjiang | 90,000 | — | — | — |
Zhengzhou | Henan | 594,700 | 197,000 | 397,700 | 201.9% |
Kaifeng | Henan | 299,100 | 303,000 | 3,900 | -1.29% |
Luoyang | Henan | 171,200 | 77,000 | 94,200 | 122.3% |
Xinxiang | Henan | 170,500 | — | — | — |
Shangqiu | Henan | 134,400 | 70,000 | 64,400 | 92.0% |
Anyang | Henan | 124,900 | 60,000 | 64,900 | 108.2% |
Zhoukou | Henan | 85,500 | 200,000 | 114,500 | -57.3% |
Xuchang | Henan | 58,000 | 50,000 | 8,000 | 16.0% |
Nanyang | Henan | >50,000 | 50,000 | — | — |
Xinyang | Henan | >50,000 | — | — | — |
Zhumadian | Henan | <50,000 | — | — | — |
Luohe | Henan | <50,000 | — | — | — |
Beijing | Municipality of Beijing | 2,768,149 | 1,603,000 | 1,165,000 | 72.68% |
Tianjin | Municipality of Tianjin | 2,693,831 | 1,687,000 | 1,007,000 | 59.69% |
Tangshan | Hebei | 693,300 | 137,000 | 556,300 | 406.1% |
Shijiazhuang | Hebei | 373,400 | 125,000 | 248,400 | 198.7% |
Zhangjiakou | Hebei | 229,300 | 151,000 | 78,300 | 51.85% |
Baoding | Hebei | 197,000 | 130,000 | 67,000 | 51.5% |
Qinhuangdao | Hebei | 186,800 | 100,000 | 86,800 | 86.80% |
Xuanhua City | Hebei | 114,100 | — | — | — |
Chengde | Rehe | 92,900 | 60,000 | 32,900 | 54.8% |
Hangu City | Municipality of Tianjin | >50,000 | — | — | — |
Handan | Hebei | >50,000 | — | — | — |
Botou(Cangzhou) | Hebei | >50,000 | — | — | — |
Xingtai | Hebei | >50,000 | — | — | — |
Tongzhou | Hebei | >50,000 | — | — | — |
Changsha | Hunan | 650,600 | 396,000 | 254,600 | 64.29% |
Hengyang | Hunan | 235,000 | 181,000 | 54,000 | 29.8% |
Xiangtan | Hunan | 183,600 | 83,000 | 100,600 | 121.2% |
Zhuzhou | Hunan | 127,300 | — | — | — |
Shaoyang | Hunan | 117,700 | 76,000 | 41,700 | 54.87% |
Changde | Hunan | 94,800 | 50,000 | 44,800 | 89.6% |
Jinshi(Changde) | Hunan | >50,000 | 58,000 | — | — |
Yiyang | Hunan | >50,000 | 80,000 | — | — |
Hongjiang | Hunan | <50,000 | — | — | — |
Wuhan | Municipality of Wuhan | 1,427,300 | 1,100,000 | 327,300 | 29.73% |
Huangshi | Hubei | 110,500 | — | — | — |
Shashi City | Hubei | 85,800 | 114,000 | 28,200 | -24.7% |
Xiangfan | Hubei | 73,300 | 66,000 | 7,300 | 11.1% |
Yichang | Hubei | >50,000 | 81,000 | — | — |
Baotou | Suiyuan | 149,400 | 82,000 | 67,400 | 82.2% |
Guisui | Suiyuan | 148,400 | 110,000 | 38,400 | 34.9% |
Ulanhot(Hinggan League) | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | 51,400 | — | — | — |
Hailar(Hulunbuir Nunmoron League) | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | 43,200 | 16,000 | 27,200 | 170% |
Manzhouli(Hulunbuir Nunmoron League) | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | <50,000 | — | — | — |
Tongliao(Jirem League) | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | <50,000 | — | — | — |
Lanzhou | Gansu | 387,400 | 156,000 | 231,400 | 148.3% |
Tianshui | Gansu | 63,000 | 50,000 | 13,000 | 26% |
Linxia City | Gansu | >50,000 | — | — | — |
Pingliang | Gansu | >50,000 | 55,000 | — | — |
Nanchang | Jiangxi | 398,200 | 267,000 | 131,200 | 49.1% |
Ganzhou | Jiangxi | 98,600 | 59,000 | 39,600 | 67.1% |
Jingdezhen | Jiangxi | 92,000 | 87,000 | 5,000 | 5.7% |
Jiujiang | Jiangxi | 64,600 | 121,000 | 56,400 | -46.6% |
Ji'an | Jiangxi | 52,800 | 69,000 | 16,200 | -23.5% |
Shangrao | Jiangxi | >50,000 | 31,000 | — | — |
Shanghai | Municipality of Shanghai | 6,204,417 | 4,300,000 | 1,900,000 | 44.2% |
Nanjing | Jiangsu | 1,091,600 | 1,137,000 | 45,400 | -3.99% |
Wuxi | Jiangsu | 581,500 | 273,000 | 308,500 | 113.0% |
Suzhou | Jiangsu | 474,000 | 381,000 | 93,000 | 24.4% |
Xuzhou | Jiangsu | 373,200 | 340,000 | 33,200 | 9.76% |
Changzhou | Jiangsu | 296,500 | 125,000 | 171,500 | 137.2% |
Nantong | Jiangsu | 260,400 | 133,000 | 127,400 | 95.79% |
Xinhailian | Jiangsu | 207,600 | 48,000 | 159,600 | 332.5% |
Zhenjiang | Jiangsu | 201,400 | 179,000 | 22,400 | 12.5% |
Yangzhou | Jiangsu | 180,200 | 127,000 | 53,200 | 41.9% |
Taizhou | Jiangsu | 159,800 | 131,000 | 28,800 | 22.0% |
Changshu | Jiangsu | 101,400 | 64,000 | 37,400 | 58.4% |
Qingjiang | Jiangsu | 77,000 | 47,000 | 30,000 | 65% |
Changchun | Municipality of Changchun | 855,200 | 630,000 | 225,200 | 35.75% |
Jilin | Jilin | 435,400 | 247,000 | 188,400 | 76.28% |
Tonghua | Liaodong | 129,100 | 80,000 | 49,100 | 61.4% |
Siping | Liaoxi | 125,900 | 76,000 | 49,900 | 65.7% |
Liaoyuan | Liaodong | 120,100 | — | — | — |
Yanji(Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture) | Jilin | 70,000 | 43,000 | 37,000 | 86% |
Nanning | Guangxi | 194,900 | 203,000 | 8,100 | -4.0% |
Liuzhou | Guangxi | 158,800 | 208,000 | 49,200 | -23.65% |
Guilin | Guangxi | 145,100 | 142,000 | 3,100 | 2.18% |
Wuzhou | Guangxi | 110,800 | 207,000 | 96,200 | -46.5% |
Guangzhou | Municipality of Guangzhou | 1,598,900 | 1,413,000 | 185,900 | 13.16% |
Shantou | Guangdong | 280,400 | 215,000 | 65,400 | 30.4% |
Zhanjiang | Guangdong | 166,000 | 268,000 | 102,000 | -38.1% |
Haikou | Guangdong | 135,300 | 60,000 | 75,300 | 126% |
Foshan | Guangdong | 122,500 | 96,000 | 26,500 | 27.6% |
Chaozhou | Guangdong | 101,300 | 59,000 | 42,300 | 71.7% |
Jiangmen | Guangdong | 85,000 | 50,000 | 35,000 | 70% |
Shaoguan | Guangdong | 81,700 | 73,000 | 8,700 | 11.9% |
Beihai | Guangxi | >50,000 | 36,000 | — | — |
Guiyang | Guizhou | 270,900 | 240,000 | 30,900 | 12.9% |
Zunyi | Guizhou | 97,500 | 66,000 | 31,500 | 47.7% |
Shenyang | Municipality of Shenyang | 2,299,900 | 1,121,000 | 1,178,900 | 105.1% |
Dalian | Municipality of Lüda | 766,400 | 544,000 | 222,400 | 40.88% |
Fushun | Municipality of Fushun | 678,600 | 280,000 | 398,600 | 142.4% |
Anshan | Municipality of Anshan | 548,900 | 166,000 | 382,900 | 230.7% |
Benxi | Municipality of Benxi | 449,000 | 98,000 | 351,000 | 358% |
Andong | Liaodong | 360,000 | 271,000 | 89,000 | 32.8% |
Jinzhou | Liaoxi | 352,200 | 148,000 | 104,200 | 70.4% |
Fuxin | Liaoxi | 188,600 | 166,000 | 22,600 | 13.6% |
Yingkou | Liaodong | 131,400 | 159,000 | 27,600 | -17.4% |
Lüshun | Municipality of Lüda | 126,000 | 27,000 | 99,000 | 367% |
Liaoyang | Liaodong | >100,000 | 102,000 | — | — |
Yinchuan | Ningxia | 84,000 | 41,000 | 43,000 | 105% |
Wuzhong | Ningxia | <50,000 | — | — | — |
Taiyuan | Shanxi | 720,700 | 252,000 | 468,700 | 186.0% |
Datong | Shanxi | 228,500 | 80,000 | 148,500 | 185.6% |
Yangquan | Shanxi | 177,400 | — | — | — |
Changzhi | Shanxi | 97,800 | — | — | — |
Yuci | Shanxi | 60,000 | — | — | — |
Qingdao | Shandong | 916,800 | 788,000 | 128,800 | 16.35% |
Jinan | Shandong | 680,100 | 575,000 | 105,100 | 18.3% |
Zibo | Shandong | 184,200 | — | — | — |
Weifang | Shandong | 148,900 | — | — | — |
Jining | Shandong | 86,200 | 150,000 | 63,800 | -42.5% |
Zhangzhou | Shandong | >50,000 | — | — | — |
Linqing(Liaocheng) | Shandong | <50,000 | 50,000 | — | — |
Dezhou | Shandong | <50,000 | — | — | — |
Weihai | Shandong | <50,000 | 175,000 | — | — |
Xi'an | Municipality of Xi'an | 787,300 | 503,000 | 284,300 | 56.52% |
Baoji | Shaanxi | 130,100 | 56,000 | 84,100 | 150% |
Hanzhong | Shaanxi | >50,000 | 59,000 | — | — |
Xianyang | Shaanxi | >50,000 | 16,000 | — | — |
Dihua | Xinjiang | 140,700 | 70,000 | 70,700 | 101% |
Qulja | Xinjiang | 108,200 | — | — | — |
Kashgar | Xinjiang | 91,000 | 50,000 | 41,000 | 82% |
Chongqing | Municipality of Chongqing | 1,772,500 | 1,000,000 | 772,500 | 77.3% |
Chengdu | Sichuan | 856,700 | 648,000 | 208,700 | 32.21% |
Zigong | Sichuan | 291,300 | 223,000 | 68,300 | 30.6% |
Luzhou | Sichuan | 289,000 | 50,000 | 239,000 | 478% |
Wutongqiao City | Sichuan | 199,100 | — | — | — |
Neijiang | Sichuan | 190,200 | 32,000 | 158,200 | 494% |
Yibin | Sichuan | 177,500 | 80,000 | 97,500 | 121.9% |
Nanchong | Sichuan | 164,700 | 60,000 | 104,700 | 174.5% |
Beibei | Municipality of Chongqing | >100,000 | — | — | — |
Ya'an | Xikang | 55,200 | — | — | — |
Wanxian | Sichuan | >50,000 | 110,000 | — | — |
Hechuan | Sichuan | >50,000 | 40,000 | — | — |
Lhasa | Tibet Region | 50,000 | — | — | — |
Xining | Qinghai | 93,700 | 59,000 | 34,700 | 58.8% |
Kunming | Yunnan | 698,900 | 300,000 | 398,900 | 133.0% |
Gejiu | Yunnan | 159,700 | 16,000 | 143,700 | 898% |
Xiaguan City | Yunnan | 26,200 | — | — | — |
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