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. 2007 Aug 31;363(1492):893–904. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2190

Table 1.

Prediction of China's population, economy and society in 2000–2050.

year 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
total (million) 1282.05 1369.88 1440.87 1460.57 1449.23 1400.23
population urban population (million) 459.06 630.15 792.48 905.55 999.97 1050.17
rural population (million) 808.37 739.74 648.39 555.02 449.26 350.06
society urbanization level (%) 36.22 46.00 55.00 62.00 69.00 75.00
GDP (US$ billion, 2000 price) 1080.0 1934.1 3463.7 5127.1 7589.4 11234.2
economy GDP per capita (US$, 2000 price) 842 1412 2404 3510 5237 8024