Census data for three counties in China’s southeast Sichuan Province revealed that the population drop during the first year of the pandemic was as high as 22 percent.
China conducts a nationwide census survey every ten years, and local governments update demographic figures on their official website yearly.
The counties of Tongjiang, Nanjiang, and Pingchang, are all under the jurisdiction of Bazhong City, Sichuan Province.
Based on official data, the population of Tongjiang county dropped by 148,700 in the first 10 months of 2020, and neighboring Nanjiang and Pingchang counties recorded a similar situation.
Tongjiang County’s Population Drop
According to the 2020 Chinese census data for Bazhong City, the resident population of Tongjiang County was 521,875 as of Nov. 1, 2020….