Population history of China

map Chinese populations have changed dramatically over time.

Density in 2000 CE.

Shanghai, Wuhan, Chongqing and Xian are noted by red-dense patterns of population on the map.

Data sheet.

entry #			Chinese Population from 100 BCE to 2000 CE						Graph
	Year	population	CHANGE	%	North	Cent-south	Notes	Dynasty
1	-100	57			Hwang-Ho	Yangtze		Early Han
2	220	57	0					Late Han
3	600	45	-12	-21%	35	10		Sui
4	750	45	0	0%	25	20		T'ang
5	1080	78	33	73%	33	45		N. Sung
6	1200	100	22	28%	45	65		S. Sung
7	1250	110	10	10%				Chin
8	1350	60	-50	-45%				Yuan Mongol
9	1450	100	40	67%				Ming
10	1550	125	25	25%
11	1650	95	-30	-24%				Ch'ing
12	1740	200	105	111%
13	1800	300	100	50%
14	1875	420	120	40%
15	1969	740	320	76%				People's Rep
16	2005	1304	564	76%			1.6 TFR
17	2011	1339	35
18	2025	1476	172	13%			estimated

The Long Road to over a billion people; one sixth of the Earth's people, a diagram:

China's many recovery's and subsequent rise to power.