![]() ![]() With boys outnumbering girls by 32 million in the country, natural growth will slow as the workforce shrinks. As one analyst put it, China may become the first large country to grow old before rich.Ĭhongqing has a large gap between boys and girls under 20, like the majority of the country, and this will cause greater problems as the city grows. The workforce is shrinking, but the elderly population is growing exponentially. While the workforce has been fueled by economic growth in the area for the last few decades, the effects of the one-child policy is taking a toll. Like much of China, Chongqing has a demographics problem. City Size and Population DensityĬhongqing has a total area of 82,403 square kilometers (31,816 square miles) with a population density of 350 people per square kilometer (910 per square mile). The 2015 population for Chongqing was recorded at 30,165,500. 8.4 million of its people had become migrant workers, including nearly half who worked and lived in Chongqing's urban areas. Despite this large population in the city proper, the urbanized area of Chongqing has a population of under 7 million while the greater area has more than 34 million residents.Ī 2010 news article from the official Xinhua agency also stated that the municipality of Chongqing had a population of approximately 32.8 million, which included 23.3 million farmers. The decline is attributed to the huge population of migrant workers, many of whom live in the city for less than six months out of the year. ![]() The city proper has an estimated population of about 9 million.Ĭhongqing's population in 2013 is 27,753,063, which is extrapolated from its population in 2011 of 28,846,170. Along with Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai, it is one of four direct-controlled municipalities in the PRC and the only one in inland China.Īs one of the largest direct-controlled municipalities in the country, Chongqing had an estimated 2013 population of 27,753,063, which includes the greater area. ![]() Chongqing is one of 5 national central cities of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and sits in Southwest China. ![]()
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