List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by natural growth rate
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This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.), including all provinces, autonomous regions, special administrative regions and municipalities, in order of their natural growth rate in 2014. Here, natural growth rate refers to the birth rate minus the death rate, i.e. the effects of migration are not considered. The unit is per thousand.
The figures are from the China Statistical Yearbook 2015 published by the Bureau of Statistics of the PRC.
| Rank | Name | Region | Growth rate (‰) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xinjiang | Northwestern China | 11.47 |
| 2 | Tibet | Southwestern China | 10.55 |
| 3 | Hainan | South Central China | 8.61 |
| 4 | Ningxia | Northwestern China | 8.57 |
| 5 | Qinghai | Northwestern China | 8.49 |
| 6 | Guangxi | South Central China | 7.86 |
| 7 | Fujian | East China | 7.50 |
| 8 | Shandong | East China | 7.39 |
| 9 | Jiangxi | East China | 6.98 |
| 10 | Anhui | East China | 6.97 |
| 11 | Hebei | North China | 6.95 |
| 12 | Hunan | South Central China | 6.63 |
| 13 | Yunnan | Southwestern China | 6.20 |
| 14 | Guangdong | South Central China | 6.10 |
| 15 | Gansu | Northwestern China | 6.10 |
| 16 | Guizhou | Southwestern China | 5.80 |
| 17 | Henan | South Central China | 5.78 |
| 18 | Zhejiang | East China | 5.00 |
| 19 | Shanxi | North China | 4.99 |
| 20 | Hubei | South Central China | 4.90 |
| 21 | Beijing | North China | 4.83 |
| 22 | Shaanxi | Northwestern China | 3.87 |
| 23 | Chongqing | Southwestern China | 3.62 |
| 24 | Inner Mongolia | North China | 3.56 |
| 25 | Sichuan | Southwestern China | 3.20 |
| 26 | Shanghai | East China | 3.14 |
| 27 | Jiangsu | East China | 2.43 |
| 28 | Tianjin | North China | 2.14 |
| 29 | Heilongjiang | Northeast China | 0.91 |
| 30 | Jilin | Northeast China | 0.40 |
| 31 | Liaoning | Northeast China | 0.26 |
| 32 | Hong Kong | ||
| 33 | Macau | ||
| National Total | 5.21 | ||