| Population: |
1,273,111,290 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
25.01% (male 166,754,893; female 151,598,117)
15-64 years:
67.88% (male 445,222,858; female 418,959,646)
65 years and over:
7.11% (male 42,547,296; female 48,028,480) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
0.88% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
15.95 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
6.74 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Sex ratio: |
at birth:
1.09 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.1 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.89 male(s)/female
total population:
1.06 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
28.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
71.62 years
male:
69.81 years
female:
73.59 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
1.82 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.07% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
500,000 (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
17,000 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Chinese
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| Ethnic groups: |
Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%
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| Religions: |
Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.)
note:
officially atheist
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| Languages: |
Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
81.5%
male:
89.9%
female:
72.7% (1995 est.)
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