Xi'an records 10 mln permanent residents

XI'AN, March 19 (Xinhua) -- The permanent resident population of Xi'an, capital of China's Shaanxi Province, exceeded 10 million by the end of 2018, up 387,000 from the previous Year, local authorities said.

Male residents account for 51.2 percent with a total population of about 5.12 million, while the female population stands at about 4.89 million, according to a communique released by the city's statistics bureau.

The city's urban population reached 7.4 million last Year, accounting for 74.01 percent of its permanent residents.

The communique also said that Xi'an saw a Year-on-Year rise of 8.7 percent in per capita disposable income of its residents in 2018. Enditem