On February 17, Anhui Provincial Bureau of Statistics released the sample survey data of population change in 2022. According to the survey, by the end of 2022, the permanent resident population of the province was 61.27 million, an increase of 140000 over the previous year. Among them, Hefei has a permanent resident population of 9.634 million, and the urbanization rate has reached 84.64%.
According to statistics, at the end of 2022, the permanent resident population of the province was 61.27 million, an increase of 140000 or 0.23% over the previous year. Compared with the 610.3 million people in the seventh national population census of Anhui Province in 2020, the permanent resident population of the province increased by 240000, an average annual increase of 120000, and annual growth rate of 0.2%.
In the urban and rural population statistics, 36.86 million of the province’s permanent residents live in cities and towns, accounting for 60.15% of the total population; The population living in rural areas is 24.41 million, accounting for 39.85% . Compared with 2021, the proportion of urban population in the total population increased by 0.76 percentage points.
In gender statistics, the permanent resident population of the province is 31.27 million men, accounting for 51.0% of the total population; There are 30 million women, accounting for 49.0% .
According to the age composition, the population aged 0-14 in the province’s permanent population is 11.04 million, accounting for 18.02% of the total population; The population aged 15-64 is 40.55 million, accounting for 66.18% of the total population, of which the population aged 15-59 is 38.07 million, accounting for 62.13% of the total population; The population aged 60 and above is 12.16 million, accounting for 19.85% of the total population, including 9.68 million people aged 65 and above, accounting for 15.80% of the total population. Compared with 2021, the proportion of the population aged 0-14 decreased by 0.63 percentage points, and the proportion of the population aged 65 and above increased by 0.36 percentage points.
According to various levels of education, among the permanent residents aged 15 and above in the province, the per capita education period is 9.63 years, an increase of 0.12 years over 2021.
In addition, in the natural growth of the population of the province, from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022, 438000 people were born among the permanent residents of the province.
