Xinhuanet Beijing, April 2 (Reporter Shen Lutao) The second bulletin of the main data of the fifth national census released by the National Bureau of Statistics today shows that Henan Province has a population of 92.56 million, which is the most populous province in China, followed by Shandong Province with 90.79 million.

According to the statistical bulletin, there are other provinces with a population of more than 50 million: Guangdong, with 86.42 million people; Sichuan, 83.29 million people; Jiangsu, 74.38 million; Hebei, 67.44 million people; Hunan, 64.4 million people; Hubei, 60.28 million people; Anhui, 59.86 million people. Compared with the fourth census in 1990, the ranking of more than 50 million provinces has not changed, and Sichuan has dropped from the first place to the fourth place due to the division of Chongqing municipality. Jiangsu dropped from fourth place to fifth place; Anhui dropped from eighth place to ninth place.

The statistical bulletin also shows that the provinces with the least population in mainland China are: Xizang Autonomous Region, with 2.62 million people; Qinghai province, 5 1.8 million people; Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, 5.62 million people; There are 7.87 million people in Hainan Province.

The population of the four municipalities directly under the Central Government exceeded100000 for the first time, namely: Chongqing, with 30.9 million people; Shanghai,16.74 million people; Beijing,13.82 million people; Tianjin, 100 1 10,000 people.