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Hainan |
 | | In the 2000 fifth national population census, the population of Hainan was enumerated at 7.87 million, accounting for 6.22% of the national total and ranking 28th among the provinces of China. |
 | | Sex ratios in Hainan Province were characterized by "four highs and one low", namely, high sex ratio for the total population, high sex ratio at birth, high sex ratio for the adult population, high sex ratio for the unmarried young population, and low sex ratio for the elderly population. |
 | | Hainan conducted experiments in family planning among the Han population in urban areas in 1963, and extended into the rural and ethnic minority areas in 1964. |
| www.unescap.org /esid/psis/population/database/chinadata/hainan.htm (2744 words) |
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