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CHINA
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Population:
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1,261,832,482
(July 2000 est.) |
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Age
Structure:
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0-14
years: 25% (male 168,040,006; female 152,826,953)
15-64 years: 68% (male 439,736,737; female 413,454,673)
65 years and over: 7% (male 41,200,297; female 46,573,816) (2000
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Population
Growth Rate:
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0.9%
(2000 est.) |
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Birth
Rate:
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16.12
births/1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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Death
Rate:
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.73
deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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Net
Migration Rate:
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-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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Sex
Ratio:
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at
birth: 1.15 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2000 est.) |
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Infant
Mortality Rate:
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28.92
deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) |
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Life
Expectancy at Birth:
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total
population: 71.38 years
male: 69.6 years
female: 73.33 years (2000 est.) |
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Total
Fertility Rate:
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1.82
children born/woman (2000 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun:
Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Chinese |
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Ethnic
Groups:
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Han
Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu,
Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1% |
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Religions:
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Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.) note:
officially atheist |
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Languages:
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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:
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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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