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Table 6.1
The urbanisation of China (2009, millions)
Urban scale
City
Urban
Metropolitan
area
area
3 'Mega' cities
Chongqing
15.43
32.76
(population above 10 million
Shanghai
13.32
14.01
persons within urban area
Beijing
11.75
12.46
8 'Super large' cities
Tianjin
8.03
9.80
(population 5-10 million within
Guangzhou
6.55
7.95
the urban area)
Xian
5.62
7.82
Nanjing
5.46
6.30
Chengdu
5.21
11.40
Wuhan
5.15
8.36
Shenyang
5.12
7.17
Shantou
5.03
5.11
114 'Large' cities (population 1-5 million
Jinan
3.48
6.03
persons within urban area)
Note
: Municipalities and prefecture-level cities are administrative units comprising, typically, an urban area core (the city)
and surrounding metropolitan area including rural or less-urbanised areas usually many times the size of the central city.
Source
: China National Bureau of Statistics, 2009.
Table 6.2
China - World Development Indicators
Indicator
1990
2000
2005
2008
2009
Population, total
1,135,185,000
1,262,645,000
1,303,720,000
1,324,655,000
1,331,460,000
Population growth
1.5
0.8
0.6
0.5
0.5
(annual %)
GDP per capita
314
949
1,731
3,414
3,879
(current US$)
GDP growth (annual %)
3.8
8.4
11.3
9.6
9.1
Life expectancy at birth, t
68.1
71.3
72.6
73.1
-
otal (years)
Fertility rate, total
2.3
1.8
1.8
1.8
-
(births per woman)
Energy use
760
865
1,296
1,616
1,687
(kg of oil equivalent
per capita)
CO2 emissions
2.2
2.7
4.3
-
-
(metric tons per capita)
Motor vehicles
4.8
12.7
24.2
38.4
47.1
(per 1,000 people)
Mobile cellular
0.0
6.8
30.2
48.4
52.4
subscriptions
(per 100 people)
Internet users
0.0
1.8
8.6
22.5
28.8
(per 100 people)
Note
: Motor vehicles (passenger cars, buses, vans, lorries; not including two wheelers).
Source
: World Bank, 2010a; China National Bureau of Statistics, 2010.
