The country’s average population in 2018 was estimated to be 94.66 million persons, of which urban population was 33.63 million persons, accounting for 35.5%; rural population was 61.03 million persons, holding 64.5%; male population was 46.75 million persons, taking 49.4%; female population was 47.91 million persons, making up 50.6%.
The labor force aged 15 years and above nationwide as of July 01, 2018 was estimated to be 55.1 million persons, expanding 594 thousand persons compared with the same period in 2017. As of above time, labor force within working age was estimated at 48.4 million persons, an increase of 539.8 thousand persons compared with the similar period last year.
The unemployment rate of labourers within working age in the second Quarter of 2018 was estimated at 2.2%, equivalent to the figure in the first quarter of 2018. Generally, in the first six months of 2018, the unemployment rate of labourers within working age was estimated to be 2.2%, of which this rate in urban and rural areas were 3.12% and 1.74% respectively.
The underemployment rate of working-age laborers in the first Quarter of 2018 was 1.52%; and estimated at 1.50% in the second quarter. Generally, in the first half of this year, the underemployment rate of working-age labourers, of which it was 0.64% for the urban area; 1.95% for the rural area.