"Beijing's population hit 19.6 million as of Nov. 1, 2010, with migrants from other provinces mainly contributing to the rapid growth, the city's statistics bureau said Thursday. The number of Beijing's permanent residents is now 19.612 million, up by 44.5 percent or 6.043 million people from ten years ago, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics said in a statement. The statement cited figures from the sixth national census conducted last year." (Quoted from article)