Original: As of June 2008, China relocated 1.24 million residents, ending with Gaoyang in Hubei Province), about 1.5% of the province's 60.3 million and Chongqing City's 31.44 million population.
Simplified: A total of 1.24 million people had to move to different places because their homes were flooded by the dam. This number is about 1.5% of the total population of Hubei Province (60.3 million) and Chongqing City (31.44 million) where the reservoir is located.