China Population Pyramid 1983

China
1983
Population: 1,029,064,955

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-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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China in 1983

The population of China in 1983 was 1,029,064,956. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 16.6%, up from 882,576,946 in 1973. Half of the population was younger than 22.6 years; 33.3% were children under 15 and 4.7% were 65 or older. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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