China Cities Stats
Definitions
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Cities larger than the capital:
Cities larger than the capital.
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- Rate of urbanization: Urbanization rate.
- Slum population: Slum population in urban areas.
- Slum population per thousand people: Slum population in urban areas. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Slum population proportion: Slum population as percentage of urban, percentage.
- Urban areas over 1,000,000: Urban areas with a population of over a million people.
- Urban areas over 1,000,000 per million people: Urban areas with a population of over a million people.
- Urban areas over 2,000,000: Urban Areas Over 2,000,000.
- Urban areas over 2,000,000 per million people: Urban Areas Over 2,000,000. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
- Urban areas over 500,000: Urban Areas Over 500,000.
- Urban areas over 500,000 per million people: Urban Areas Over 500,000. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
- Urban population: Total population living in urban areas. The defition of an urban area differs for each country. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
- Urban population per thousand people: Total population living in urban areas. The defition of an urban area differs for each country. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of national capitals and largest cities by country (Countries); Wikipedia: Urbanization by country (Countries) ([1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Demographia World Urban Areas (Built-Up Urban Areas and World Agglomerations): 10th Annual Edition, May 2014 Revision, Table 1, p. 20 ff.); Demographia World Urban Areas (Built-Up Urban Areas and World Agglomerations): 10th Annual Edition, May 2014 Revision, Table 1, p. 20 ff.; Wikipedia: List of urban areas by population (Number of urban areas by country) (Demographia World Urban Areas (World Agglomerations): 9th Annual Edition, March 2013); Wikipedia: List of urban areas by population (Number of urban areas by country) (Demographia World Urban Areas (World Agglomerations): 9th Annual Edition, March 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.
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Did you know
- China's labor force stands at 706 million people, almost three times that of Europe and twice that of North and South America combined
- Of all the nations of the world, China has the most people. But there are 71 nations that are more crowded.
- China loses 2 million people per year.
- China has more broadband internet subscribers than Japan has people.
- China has 84 million-strong cities, about as many as the whole western world combined.
- China's mammoth National People's Congress has nearly 3000 members.
