Chapter 5 "Population and Human Resources"

Even though China’s capital city is Beijing, it’s not the most popular one of them all. Beijing’s population density is rounded up to be about 3,300 people per square mile. Beijing’s average number of children a woman can have in her lifetime is below the world average especially due to the one child policy.

Population Growth

In the 10 years between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, the population of Beijing has been growing in a great speed by 44% from 13,569,194 in 2000 to 19,612,368 in 2010. Beijing’s current population is about 20,693,000. Beijing is expected to see more increase of senior citizens every year until 2020. Beijing is facing a rapid growth in its elderly population.

Land area. Birth rates. Population growing?