| 3-4 Natural Changes of Population and Population Density by Region | ||||||
| (2000) | ||||||
| Birth | Mortality | Birth | Death | Natural | Population | |
| Region | Population | Population | Rate | Rate | Growth | Density |
| Rate | ||||||
| (10 000 persons) | (10 000 persons) | (‰) | (‰) | (‰) | (person/sq.km) | |
| Sichuan | 102.9 | 60.0 | 12.1 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 174 |
| Chengdu | 9.7 | 6.6 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 818 |
| Zigong | 2.5 | 2.0 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 1.6 | 720 |
| Panzhihua | 1.4 | 0.5 | 13.8 | 5.1 | 8.7 | 139 |
| Luzhou | 4.3 | 3.0 | 9.3 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 379 |
| Deyang | 3.6 | 2.8 | 9.6 | 7.4 | 2.2 | 637 |
| Mianyang | 4.6 | 3.5 | 8.8 | 6.8 | 2.0 | 256 |
| Guangyuan | 3.1 | 2.0 | 10.2 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 186 |
| Suining | 3.0 | 2.2 | 7.9 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 697 |
| Neijiang | 4.0 | 2.7 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 779 |
| Leshan | 3.1 | 2.4 | 8.9 | 6.9 | 2.0 | 270 |
| Nanchong | 5.7 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 0.8 | 568 |
| Meishan | 3.3 | 2.3 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 473 |
| Yibin | 5.9 | 3.4 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 383 |
| Guangan | 5.6 | 2.9 | 12.8 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 691 |
| Dazhou | 6.5 | 4.5 | 10.5 | 7.4 | 3.1 | 374 |
| Yaan | 1.7 | 1.0 | 11.5 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 99 |
| Bazhong | 3.7 | 2.0 | 10.7 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 281 |
| Ziyang | 4.3 | 3.4 | 8.7 | 6.9 | 1.8 | 613 |
| Aba | 1.4 | 0.5 | 17.3 | 5.4 | 11.9 | 10 |
| Ganzi | 1.3 | 0.6 | 14.6 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 6 |
| Liangshan | 6.7 | 2.9 | 16.8 | 7.2 | 9.6 | 67 |