The 1964 Chinese census, officially the Second National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, was conducted by the

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with a zero hour of 1 July 1964. The census results were not publicized until the early 1980s.Kirkby, Richard J.R.
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'. Taylor & Francis, 1985. . Accessed 28 Mar 2012. The 1964 census included additional information about education, occupation, and class to the information gathered by the first census concerning name, age, sex, nationality, and relationship to heads of households.Aird, John S.
The Preparations for China's 1982 Census
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Results

Total Population

The census found that the total population of

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in 1964 was 694,581,759. However, the official summaries published in ''Chinese Sociology and Anthropology'' by the Chinese State Statistical Bureau in 1984 listed the 1964 population as 723,070,269.Chinese State Statistical Bureau. "Major statistics from the second population census (1964)". ''Chinese Sociology and Anthropology''. 1984 Spring-Summer; 16(3-4):66-8. Accessed 28 Mar 2012. China's official

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news organization continues to report more significant figure.''Xinhua Net''.
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Demographics

The census found approximately 356,520,000 men and 338,060,000 women living in China, a ratio of 105.46 to 100. The average household size was 4.43, increasing by ¹/₁₀ person per household from the previous census. 40.69% of the population was 14, or under, 55.75% was between 15 and 64, and 3.56% was 65 or older.

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accounted for approximately 654,560,000 persons (94.24% of the total).

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accounted for approx—forty million twenty thousand persons (5.76%). 127,100,000 Chinese were classified as living in cities, with an urbanization rate of 18.30%.

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4-4 Basic Statistics on National Population Census in 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990 and 2000
. 2006. Accessed 28 Mar 2012.

Provincial Distribution

Controversy

As with the 1953 census, the accuracy of the Second National Population Census was questioned by many outside observers. The information collected about occupation and education could have been more systematic, and it could not even be accurately tabulated even though the nation's illiteracy rate was recorded at 32.26% and 33.58%.

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