The Chinese census, officially the National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, is the national census of the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, sli ...

. It has been carried out seven times in the history of the People's Republic of China. *1953: First National Population Census of the People's Republic of China *1964: Second National Population Census of the People's Republic of China *1982: Third National Population Census of the People's Republic of China *1990:

Fourth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China The 1990 Chinese census, officially the Fourth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, was conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Based on the fourth census of July 1990, mainland ...

*2000:

Fifth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China The 2000 Chinese census, officially the Fifth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (), was conducted by the government of the People's Republic of China with 1 November 2000 as its zero hour. The total population was calcula ...

*2010:

Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China The 2010 Chinese census, officially the Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (中華人民共和國第六次全國人口普查), was conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China w ...

*2020:

Seventh National Population Census of the People's Republic of China The Seventh National Population Census of the People's Republic of China (), also referred to as the 2020 Chinese Census, was the seventh national census conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Census wo ...

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