GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: China says population has passed 1.34 billion

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: Federal News Radio

28February2011 8:30amEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: BEIJING (AP) – China says its population grew to more than 1.34 billion people last year.

The figure marks a rise from 2000's tally of 1.295 billion people, which failed to count migrant workers living in cities for less than six months.

In the 10 years since, there has been an extensive shift in the population base as tens of millions of migrant workers have poured into urban areas looking for work. (read full report)

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