The National Bureau of Statistics released the 2025 Social and People's Livelihood Statistics Report. At the end of 2025, the country's total population was 1404.89 million, and it continues to be above 1.4 billion, accounting for more than 17% of the world's total population. The country's population aged 16 to 59 is 851.36 million, accounting for 60.6% of the total population, and labor resources are abundant. In 2025, the health status of China's population continued to improve. The average life expectancy reached 79.25 years, 0.25 years higher than the previous year. The level of education continues to rise. The average length of education for the national population aged 16 to 59 is 11.3 years, an increase of 0.1 years over the previous year. At the end of 2025, 72.54 million people were employed in China. Among them, 475.35 million people were employed in urban areas, an increase of 1.9 million over the end of the previous year, accounting for 65.6% of the country's employed people, an increase of 1.1 percentage points over the end of the previous year; the number of people employed in rural areas was 249.69 million, a decrease of 11.25 million from the end of the previous year.

The National Bureau of Statistics released the 2025 Social and People's Livelihood Statistics Report. At the end of 2025, the country's total population was 1404.89 million, and it continues to be above 1.4 billion, accounting for more than 17% of the world's total population. The country's population aged 16 to 59 is 851.36 million, accounting for 60.6% of the total population, and labor resources are abundant. In 2025, the health status of China's population continued to improve. The average life expectancy reached 79.25 years, 0.25 years higher than the previous year. The level of education continues to rise. The average length of education for the national population aged 16 to 59 is 11.3 years, an increase of 0.1 years over the previous year. At the end of 2025, 72.54 million people were employed in China. Among them, 475.35 million people were employed in urban areas, an increase of 1.9 million over the end of the previous year, accounting for 65.6% of the country's employed people, an increase of 1.1 percentage points over the end of the previous year; the number of people employed in rural areas was 249.69 million, a decrease of 11.25 million from the end of the previous year.