STATISTICS ON COMMUNIST CHINA S POPULATION, BIRTH AND DEATH RATES, INCOME, FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

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• Publication Date: June 17, 1959
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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Statistics on Communist China's DATE DISTR. /7 June 1959
Population, Birth and Death Rates,
Income, Food and.Industrial Production NO. PAGES
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ
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1. TM following chart records the populati of Cammoniet China as it
stood at the eft of 1949, 1952' and X9570" The figures do not inokdre
overseas Chinese or Chinese residents of Bong Zone and laoao.
Unit - 1,000,000 parsons
To"
Total Poonlation
1949
549
285
1952
582
302
1957
657
340
in 19520 1954 and 1957'. Pigurse tar 1952 were derived tram miss
NO.
VOW20 PoroentaM Which is
264 51.91 %
280 51.93
317 51,80
2. The following chart records birth dad death rates per 19000
vestiga%im of peasants ? da neetic budgets, for 1954 Pram investigating
at 509?00 pmpie in 14 proviooisa far 1955 fro investigation of
70,000 people in 24 provinares.
.,
eons in rwral avow in 1954 and 1955. Tw were obtained thsoa~t ia=
Figin'ss in fto following chart record infant martsl11W Per is
3
balm (4905)0 Figures fees 19%- and 1957 Here contained in the
Popalation Reports for those jeare.
1^ Hirtb Rata Death Rat
1952 37 17
1954 37 13
1957 34 it
tim of the data for 29 representative cities and adz represents
L"L
1954
1955
Sarteulit Tits
13388.52
X
C-0Ia -+~-L
STATE $ X I ARMY X NAVY R AIR I $ I FB1
(Notes Washington distribution indicated by "X"I Field distribution by "#".)
CM EV x
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4. TM tallowift chart rsoord8 infant aorts3 itr por 19000 persaas ni r
Chit- oiti se for Us ors ststod. The fl awe bssids "total" for
1954 a w V o rata obtain ftma iurssti latia of data from 20 raga -
tati,. oitias; for 2955, Prat ubw oitiss.i for , fr 12 cities.
TOTAL
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46.8 4
1.6
34.6
Ptipi~gg
6507
59.3
46,1 4
4.5.
35.2
"Outs t
46.8
51.1
45.3 4
0.9
29.9
Shan ai
81.2
51.3
35.1 4
3.4
31.1
8arh#n
86.6
83.0
4591: 5
0.1
40.0
Sint
44.3
45.8
43.3 3
5.1
33.3
HsncLaf
64.0
51.6
44.6 4
3.1
42.4
Caatas
47.7
37.0
35.2 3
1.8
25.1
Ch'angch'un
.w no
50.7 3
0.2
43,8
Wes
as -
39.9 4
0.9
40.6
The, following chart r rds a w popUlati s of provincial capitals in 1953
am* 3957. Tbo fun" for 1933 wr t *= `fz lb. gsrmral O NOW of
3sat in that yowl tar 1957, i statistics s'esilablr at *0 aced of 00
yews Units.* 1,tlDE?
$aog
Taiyuan
Huhehot
Iwadeft
Ch'angch'un
cartul
HaW-
721 loon
148 324
29300 29431
855 975
ReAds
19162
19552
Slat
787
1#310
Lauolm
397
699
Nal"m
94
300
Urmoh# ('fit)
141
275
'that (Chin)
680
862
g
1#092
1,419
Ranch'ang
Cantaa
]lag
Ch'engtu
lt~siysng
S'unming
Ina
697
784
553
616
595
766
19427.
29146
651
703
398
508
1,599
1,840
195
264
857
1,107
271
504
699 .
880
6. Tbs teU+awAgg chart rsoords production of food not inciuding sov- b"m,
in 19490 1952w 1937 and 1958. - Figures far 19! wre preliMiaerp aese .,
final figures for tn.e fail hares 1 u. ..c a.._.
Im
1949
1952
1957
x43/orroaat j
2,162
3,088
30700
7,ooo tsp ts)
542
575
647
.399
537
5722p
(app, 7paotimats)
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7. The following chart presents a comparative study of food production and
population as recorded in the chart in paragraph six.
_--Relationships-
Of4 52 Fig Of '57 Fi rem- Of,Estimated 158 Figure-_ to to 149 to m to 149 tom to j7
Food
142.8,
171.1%
Pop.
106.1%
119.4,
119.8, 3.2 times 2.3 times 1.9 times
112.5,
8. National income (kuo-min shou-ju 0948/3046/2392/0354) in 1957 was 53.2
percent higher than in 1952. Capital accumulation (chi-lei chi-chin 4480/
4797/1015/6855) in 1957 was 77 percent higher than in 1952. Capital
expenditure (hsiaomfei chi-chin 3194/6316/1015/6855) in 1957 was 40 percent
higher than in 1952.
9. The following chart records the value of industrial and agricultural pro-
duction in 1952 and 1957 and the relationships of the figures for 1957 to
those for 1952.
Unit ? 100,000,009 Yuan
1952- 1957 Relation of '57 Fi ure to '52
Industrial Production 3W-3.26 '-783'.86 225-30*
Agricultural Production 483.92 603.49
Total 827.18 1,3t$7.35
124.71%
167.72%
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