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China's rural population stood at 737 million - 56 percent of the total population of more than 1.3 billion - at the end of 2006, Xie Fuzhan, director of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said on Monday.
China has seen its rural population shrink in recent years as the country's urbanization has gathered momentum.
The rural population in China was recorded at 64 percent of the total 1.3 billion in 2001 and 74 percent in 1990.
China's rural population shrinks to 56% of total - People's Daily Online
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