By the end of 2021, the national population was 1,412.60 million (including the population of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and servicemen, but excluding residents of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and foreigners living in the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities), an increase of 0.48 million over that at the end of the previous year. In 2021, the number of births was 10.62 million with a birth rate was 7.52 per thousand; the number of deaths was 10.14 million with a death rate of 7.18 per thousand; the natural growth rate was 0.34 per thousand. In terms of gender, the male population was 723.11 million, and the female population was 689.49 million; the sex ratio of the total population was 104.88 (the female is 100). In terms of age structure, population at the working age from 16 to 59 was 882.22 million, accounting for 62.5 percent of the total population; population aged 60 and over was 267.36 million, accounting for 18.9 percent of the total population; population aged 65 and over was 200.56 million, accounting for 14.2 percent of the total population. In terms of urban-rural structure, the permanent residents in urban areas was 914.25 million, an increase of 12.05 million over the end of the previous year; and the permanent residents in rural areas was 498.35 million, a decrease of 11.57 million. The share of urban population in the total population (urbanization rate) was 64.72 percent, 0.83 percentage points higher than that at the end of the previous year. The population who reside in areas other than their household registration (refers to population whose residence and household registration place are not in the same towns or streets and who have been away from their household registration place for over 6 months) reached 504.29 million, which was 11.53 million more than the previous year. Specifically, the floating population stood at 384.67 million, or 8.85 million more than the previous year.