Beijing tops 20 million

According to statistics released from Beijing's municipal statistics bureau, the city's population reached 20.18 million by the end of 2011, an increase of 567,000 residents compared to the previous year, the Beijing News said yesterday.

Statistics showed that the population density was 1,230 people per square kilometer, 35 more people than the previous year. There were 7.42 million migrants, 36.8 percent of the whole population.

The number of registered cars in Beijing was 4.98 million up to the end of 2011, an increase of 174,000 vehicles, of which 3.89 million were privately owned.

There were 977 fatal accidents, including road traffic accidents, rail accidents and fires, in which 1,089 people died in 2011.