Chinese urban population 54.77 pct of total

China's permanent urban residents stood at 749.16 million at the end of 2014, accounting for 54.77 percent of the country's total population, new data showed Tuesday.

The proportion rose from a ratio of 53.73 percent at the end of 2013, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement.

Total population in China's 31 provincial level regions reached 1.37 billion, up 0.52 percent from a year earlier.

By the end of last year, 772.53 million people were employed, up 2.76 million, or 0.36 percent, from a year earlier, the NBS said.