Population
 The year 2004 saw a birth rate of 13.13¡ë, and a mortality rate of 5.12¡ë. The natural growth rate of the population stood at 8.01¡ë. At the end of the year, the total population stood at 83.037 million.
 
Employment
 The employed population stood at 46.20 million at the year-end. Some 1.05 million new jobs were created during the year, and a total of 253,000 laid-off workers got re-employed.
 
Registered unemployment rate
 The registered urban unemployment rate was 2.7%, 0.2 percentage points down from the previous year-end.
 
Social security
 In 2004, insurance plans for endowments, unemployment, medical treatment, and industrial injury covered a population of 12.255 million, 10.058 million, 10.342 million, and 12.151 million respectively. These figures are respectively 7.0%, 5.4%, 17.9% and 8.5% up from the 2003 figures.
 
Residents' income
 The disposable income of urban residents was 13,628 yuan per capita, up by 7.3% from 2003. Rural residents' per capita net income was 4,366 yuan, up by 4.0%.

(Statistics as of 2004)