| People | China |
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Population:
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1,336,718,015 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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140 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 47% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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Shanghai 16.575 million; BEIJING (capital) 12.214 million; Chongqing 9.401 million; Shenzhen 9.005 million; Guangzhou 8.884 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 17.6% (male 126,634,384/female 108,463,142)
15-64 years: 73.6% (male 505,326,577/female 477,953,883)
65 years and over: 8.9% (male 56,823,028/female 61,517,001) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 35.5 years
male: 34.9 years
female: 36.2 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.493% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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12.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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7.03 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.133 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.17 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.93 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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38 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 16.06 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.61 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 74.68 years
male: 72.68 years
female: 76.94 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.54 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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4.6% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.415 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
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4.06 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 82% of population
total: 89% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population
rural: 18% of population
total: 11% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 58% of population
rural: 52% of population
total: 55% of population
unimproved:
urban: 42% of population
rural: 48% of population
total: 45% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: Japanese encephalitis and dengue fever
soil contact disease: hantaviral hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)
animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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740,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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26,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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8.7% (2000) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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2.9% (2002) |
Nationality:
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noun: Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Chinese |
Ethnic groups:
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Han Chinese 91.5%, Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uighur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Korean, and other nationalities 8.5% (2000 census) |
Religions:
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Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%
note: officially atheist (2002 est.) |
Languages:
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Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
note: Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uighur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet) |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.2%
male: 96%
female: 88.5% (2008 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2009) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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void |
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