On the morning of January 17, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the operation of the national economy in 2023.The total population has decreased, and the urbanization rate continues to increase. At the end of 2023, the national population (including the population of 31 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and active military personnel, excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents and foreigners living in 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities) was 1,409.67 million, a decrease of 2.08 million from the end of the previous year.
The number of births in the year was 9.02 million, with a birth rate of 6.39‰; the number of deaths was 11.1 million, with a death rate of 7.87‰; and the natural population growth rate was -1.48‰.
In terms of gender composition, the male population is 720.32 million and the female population is 689.35 million. The sex ratio of the total population is 104.49 (females are 100).
In terms of age composition, the working-age population aged 16 to 59 was 864.81 million, accounting for 61.3% of the national population; the population aged 60 and above was 296.97 million, accounting for 21.1% of the national population, of which 216.76 million were aged 65 and above, accounting for 15.4% of the national population.
In terms of urban and rural composition, the urban permanent population was 932.67 million, an increase of 11.96 million from the end of the previous year; the rural permanent population was 477 million, a decrease of 14.04 million; the urban population accounted for the proportion of the national population (urbanization rate) was 66.16%, an increase of 0.94 percentage points from the end of the previous year.
The employment situation is generally stable, and the urban surveyed unemployment rate has declined. The national average urban surveyed unemployment rate for the whole year was 5.2%, a decrease of 0.4 percentage points from the previous year. In December, the national urban survey unemployment rate was 5.1%. The surveyed unemployment rate of the local registered labor force is 5.2%; the surveyed unemployment rate of the migrant registered labor force is 4.7%, of which the surveyed unemployment rate of the migrant agricultural registered labor force is 4.3%.
The labor force survey unemployment rates for 16-24-year-olds, 25-29-year-olds, and 30-59-year-olds, excluding school students, are 14.9%, 6.1%, and 3.9% respectively.
The surveyed urban unemployment rate in 31 large cities is 5.0%. The average weekly working hours of employees in enterprises across the country is 49.0 hours.
The total number of migrant workers throughout the year was 297.53 million, an increase of 1.91 million or 0.6% over the previous year. Among them, there were 120.95 million local migrant workers, a decrease of 2.2%; and 176.58 million migrant workers, an increase of 2.7%. The average monthly income of migrant workers was 4,780 yuan, an increase of 3.6% over the previous year.