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PEOPLE
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Population:
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7,116,302
(July 2000 est.) |
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Age
Structure:
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0-14
years: 18% (male 676,756; female 602,434)
15-64 years: 71% (male 2,520,473; female 2,563,355)
65 years and over: 11% (male 342,942; female 410,342) (2000
est.) |
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Population
Growth Rate:
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1.35%
(2000 est.) |
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Birth
Rate:
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11.29
births/1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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Death
Rate:
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5.93
deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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Net
Migration Rate:
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8.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) |
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Sex
Ratio:
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at
birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.12 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2000 est.) |
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Infant
Mortality Rate:
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5.93
deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) |
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Life
Expectancy at Birth:
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total
population: 79.54 years
male: 76.85 years
female: 82.41 years (2000 est.) |
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Total
Fertility Rate:
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1.27
children born/woman (2000 est.) |
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Nationality:
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noun:
Chinese
adjective: Chinese |
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Ethnic
Groups:
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Chinese
95%, other 5% |
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Religions:
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eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10% |
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Languages:
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Chinese
(Cantonese), English; both are official |
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Literacy:
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definition:
age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 92.2%
male: 96%
female: 88.2% (1996 est.) |
