Shanghai's population Because a large number of floating population, immigration and rapid population growth, Shanghai, the total population expanded. Kong when the Shanghai population of less than 10 million; to 1949 for 520 million; to the end of 2007, the city's household registration population has increased to 13.81 million people, 2.7 times the initial liberation, accounting for 1% of the total population. The end of 2008, the city's permanent population of 18.8846 million people. Among them, the resident population of 13.7104 million people household registration. The city's resident population according to the population density of 2,638 persons per square kilometer for the highest population density of China's mainland cities.
The city's resident population natural growth rate of 2.72 ‰, the natural population growth rate of household registration -0.75 ‰, Shanghai is China's first occurrence of negative natural population growth in provincial-level administrative changes; the average life expectancy of 81.08 years; women's total fertility rate of 0.95%; the city's household registration population in the elderly aged 60 and over population of 2.8683 million, accounting for 20.80% of population residence. Shanghai's population aging in China ranks first.
In the late 1990s, Shanghai has once again become a city of immigrants destination. Many people across the continent to move to Shanghai to settle. The people of Taiwan, Hong Kong people the large number of permanent residents in Shanghai. As many foreign companies with offices in Shanghai, all year round, so many foreigners all year round to settle in Shanghai.
Small number of Jews still in Shanghai, to run a family business, has brought business opportunities in Shanghai. Japan, Korea and many of them are gathered in the "old north" district in the vicinity. Now, a growing number of Westerners in succession in Xuhui District, Changning District, Shanghai, and live together.