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China's urbanization rate reaches 52.57 pct in 2012

(Xinhua)

13:22, January 18, 2013

BEIJING, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- China's urban population has accounted for 52.57 percent of the country's total population by the end of 2012, up 1.3 percentage points from a year earlier, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Friday.

China's population stood at 1.354 billion at the end of last year, 6.69 million more than the figure at the end of 2011, said the NBS.

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