The Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Statistics released the 2021 Zhengzhou PopulationDevelopment Report on June 13.According to the results of a sample survey, the city's permanentpopulationwill be 12.742 million by the end of 2021, an increase of 125,000 over the end of 2020.The residentpopulationis characterized by an increase in the total amount, a continuous decline in the self-growth rate, a slight decrease in the total dependency ratio of the population, a deepening of the aging population, a continuous improvement in the level of urbanization, and a continuous improvement in the cultural quality of the population.
The total resident population has increased, and the natural population growth rate has decreased.
In 2021, the total resident population of the city will grow steadily.The city's resident population accounted for 12.89% of the province's resident population, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the end of 2020.The city's total resident population ranks 11th among cities in the country.
The natural population growth rate continued to decline.In 2021, the city's birth population will be 109,000, a decrease of 9,000 compared with 2020, and the birth rate will be 8.58‰, a decrease of 0.9% compared with 2020; the death population will be 61,000, an increase of 2,000 compared with 2020; the population mortality rate It was 4.81‰, a slight increase of 0.06 thousand points from 2020.
According to the analysis of the report, due to the influence of the dual independence, separate and comprehensive two-child policy, the natural population growth rate of the city has maintained an upward trend for a period of time in the past 10 years, and has started to decline since 2019, but it is still better than the national and provincial average. Level.Although there is support from the policy of opening up three children in 2021, due to various factors, its effect has not yet appeared.
Population ageing continues to deepen, marital status remains stable
According to the report, by the end of 2021, the permanent resident population of Zhengzhou City will be 2.356 million, 9.225 million and 1.161 million aged 0-14, 15-64 and 65 and above, accounting for 18.49% and 72.4% of the permanent population, respectively. % and 9.11%.Compared with the "seven people" in 2020, the proportion of the population of children aged 0-14 decreased by 0.56 percentage points, a decrease of 45,000; the proportion of the population aged 15-64 increased by 0.43 percentage points, an increase of 156,000; the population of the elderly aged 65 and above The proportion increased by 0.13 percentage points, an increase of 30,000 people.
The degree of aging continues to deepen.In 2021, the dependency of the elderly population will increase by 0.12 percentage points compared with 2020.It is expected that the decline in the new population and the increase in the elderly population will continue in the next few years, and the impact on the age structure of the city's permanent population will continue.
The marital status of the city's permanent residents remained stable, basically consistent with the characteristics of the province's marital status.In 2021, the proportion of the city's population aged 15 and above with a spouse will be 64.74%, a decrease of 3.74 percentage points from 2020; the unmarried population will account for 30.38%, an increase of 4.13 percentage points from 2020; the divorced population will account for 1.64%, compared with 2020. A decrease of 0.17 percentage points; the widowed population accounted for 3.24%, a slight increase of 0.04 percentage points over 2020.
Steady growth of urbanization rate and continuous improvement of cultural quality
The urbanization rate of Zhengzhou continued to grow steadily, but the growth rate slowed down.At the end of 2021, among the permanent residents of the city, the population living in urban areas was 10.079 million, accounting for 79.1% of the permanent population. The proportion of the urban population increased by 0.7 percentage points, which were 14.38 and 22.65% higher than the national 64.72% and the province's 56.45% respectively. percent.
The report pointed out that Zhengzhou's urbanization is currently in a stage of steady progress, there is still a lot of room for development, and the level of urbanization development is not balanced enough. The permanent population of the six counties (cities) accounts for nearly 50% of the city's permanent population.Among the 16 districts and counties (cities), the urbanization rate of 7 districts and counties (cities) is lower than 70%. Among them, the urbanization rate of Zhongmu County, Xingyang City, Dengfeng City and the airport area is lower than the national average.
The cultural quality of the resident population has been continuously improved.According to the analysis of the report, in recent years, Zhengzhou City, taking advantage of the provincial capital city, has continued to make efforts in education investment and talent introduction, comprehensively strengthened the introduction and training of high-level talents, and the permanent resident population with high education has increased rapidly.According to the 2020 "Seven People's Population" data, 28,992 people have a university (referring to college and above) education level for every 100,000 people in the city, an increase of 10,047 people over 2010, and an increase of 53.03% in 10 years, making the city's overall permanent resident population. Cultural quality has been greatly improved.In 2021, the per capita education years of the city's resident population aged 15 and above will reach 11.83 years, an increase of 0.07 years and 0.96 years respectively from the seventh national census in 2020 and the sixth national census in 2010.(Zhengzhou Daily reporter Hou Aimin)
