East China's Zhejiang province released the results of its seventh census at a news conference on May 13.

According to the data, the province registered a population of 64.57 million, ranking eighth among all first-level administrative regions in China. The annual growth rate of its population in the past decade is 1.72 percent, higher than the period from 2000 to 2010 and the national average.

The proportion of children aged under 14 and people aged 60 and above increased by 0.24 percent and 4.82 percent respectively compared to their 2010 totals.

The number of people with a college degree accounted for 17 percent of the province's total population, an increase of 7.7 points compared to 10 years ago.

The male to female ratio in Zhejiang stands at 109.04, which is higher than the national average. This is mainly because there are more males than females among its inhabitants who come from outside the province.

There were 16.19 million non-locals, about 25 percent of the permanent residents, in Zhejiang. The top five provinces of origin for non-local residents were Anhui, Henan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, and Sichuan.

The increase in non-local permanent residents is largely due to the province's high-quality economic and social development, as well as a number of favorable policies on talent attraction. Zhejiang boasts 96 companies that are included on the list of China’s top 500 private enterprises, ranking first for the 22nd year in a row.

Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang, overtook Wenzhou as the most populous city in the province, with 11.94 million residents.