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Population: |
1,306,313,812 (July 2005 est.) |
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Age structure: |
0-14 years: 21.4% (male 148,134,928/female 131,045,415)
15-64 years: 71% (male 477,182,072/female 450,664,933)
65 years and over: 7.6% (male 47,400,282/female 51,886,182) (2005 est.) |
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Median age: |
total: 32.26 years
male: 31.87 years
female: 32.67 years (2005 est.) |
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Population growth rate: |
0.58% (2005 est.) |
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Birth rate: |
13.14 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Death rate: |
6.94 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Net migration rate: |
-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Sex ratio: |
at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.13 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 24.18 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 27.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 72.27 years
male: 70.65 years
female: 74.09 years (2005 est.) |
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Total fertility rate: |
1.72 children born/woman (2005 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.1% (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
840,000 (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
44,000 (2003 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 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%
note: officially atheist (2002 est.) |
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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: 90.9%
male: 95.1%
female: 86.5% (2002) |
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