Shanghai 's total area measures 6,341 sq.km, consisting of 16 districts and 4 counties, the city area itself measures 2,642 sq.km. Permanent resident population counts over 14.6 million, of which 9.48 million live in the urban areas. The average life span is 77 years.

Population:
1,306,313,812 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 21.4% (male 148,134,928/female 131,045,415)
15-64 years: 71% (male 477,182,072/female 450,664,933)
65 years and over: 7.6% (male 47,400,282/female 51,886,182) (2005 est.)

Median age:
total: 32.26 years
male: 31.87 years
female: 32.67 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.58% (2005 est.)

Birth rate:
13.14 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:
6.94 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)