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According to figures released by China's National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday, the number of men in the Chinese mainland stands at 704,14 million while the number of their counterparts is 670,48 million by the end of 2017. 据周二国家统计局公布的数据显示，截止2017年年末，中国大陆男性人口达到70414万，而女性人口则为67048万。 For every 113.51 boys born there were 100 girls (the natural rate is 102 to 107 boys to every 100 girls), the data showed. 该数据显示，每113.51名新生男婴就会对应100名新生女婴（自然出生人口性别比为102-107名男婴对应100名女婴）。 Though still far beyond the natural rate, China's sex ratio at birth plunged by 2.37 from 115.88 of last year, the biggest drop in the last seven years. 虽然现在这一数据仍远低于自然比例，但是与2017年出生人口性别比115.88相比，中国出生人口性别比下降了2.37，在过去七年时间内降幅最大。 | 
