2000 Chinese census

The 2000 Chinese census, officially the Fifth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国第五次全国人口普查), was conducted by the government of the People's Republic of China with 1 November 2000 as its zero hour. The total population was calculated as 1,295,330,000. The census also covered population growth, number of households, sex, age, ethnicity, educational attainment, and urban and rural population.

Fifth National Census

1 November 2000

General information
CountryChina
Results
Total population1,245,110,826 ( 9.8%)
Most populous provinceHenan
91,236,854
Least populous provinceTibet Autonomous Region
2,616,329

The census did not include the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

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