Nanjing - Demographics

Demographics

Population trend

Year	Residents (in million)	natural growth rate (%)
1949	2.5670	13.09
1950	2.5670	15.64
1955	2.8034	19.94
1960	3.2259	0.23
1965	3.4529	25.58
1970	3.6053	20.76
1975	3.9299	9.53
1978	4.1238	8.84
1980	4.3587	8.08
1985	4.6577	4.56
1990	5.0182	9.18

Year	Residents (in million)	natural growth rate (%)
1995	5.2172	2.62
1996	5.2543	2.63
1997	5.2982	2.16
1998	5.3231	1.00
1999	5.3744	2.01
2000	5.4489	2.48
2001	5.5304	1.60
2002	5.6328	0.70
2003	5.7223	1.50
2006	6.0700	6.11

According to the Sixth China Census, the total population of the City of Nanjing reached 8.005 million in 2010. The statistics in 2011 estimated the total population to be 8.11million. The birth rate was 8.86 percent and the death rate was 6.88 percent. The urban area had a population of 6.47million people.

As in most of eastern China the ethnic makeup of Nanjing is predominantly Han nationality (98.56 percent), with 50 other minority nationalities. In 1999, 77,394 residents belonged to minority nationalities, among which the vast majority (64,832) were Hui nationalities, contributing 83.76 percent to the minority population. The second and third largest minority groups were Manchu (2,311) and Zhuang (533) nationalities. Most of the minority nationalities resided in Jianye District, comprising 9.13 percent of the district's population.

In 2010 the sex ratio of the city population was 107.31 males to 100 females.