Have China’s internal migrants been more settled since 2010? A contribution based on migrants’ age profiles

Figures & data

Figure 1. Age structure of migrant stock of India in 2011 and China in 2010 and 2020.

Sources: RGCCI (2011); NBS (2012, 2022).

Figure 2. Age pyramid of the “floating population” in China, 2010 and 2020.

Sources: NBS (2012, 2022).

Table 1. Median age of the total population, “at-risk population”, and “floating population” in China.

		2010			2020
Population group		Total	ARP	FP	Total	ARP	FP
Median age		35.93	34.31	29.38	39.42	38.11	33.19
Difference	Total and FP	6.55			6.23
	ARP and FP	4.93			4.92

Notes: “Total”, “ARP”, and “FP” refer to the total, at-risk, and floating population.

Sources: NBS (2012, 2022).

Figure 3. Ratio of the “floating population” to “at-risk population” in China by age, 2010 and 2020.

Sources: NBS (2012, 2022).

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