Released as follows are the results from the 6th national population census, conducted in 2010, on the geographic distribution of resident population[2]:
Notes:
1. All figures in the Communiqué are preliminary results.
2. Resident population of a given town/street include: people living in the current town/street where their household registration is located or with their household registration to be settled; people living in the current town/street and leaving the town/street of their household registration for over 6 months; people leaving the town/street of their household registration for less than 6 months or working or studying overseas, with their household registration located in the current town/street.
3. National total in this table do not include population of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region or Taiwan Area.
4. Refers to the proportion of resident population of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities to the national total (including servicemen and population with permanent residence difficult to define).