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Tabular Data - Chinese People
| Population : |
1,298,847,624 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age Structure : |
0-14 years: 22.3% (male 153,401,051; female 135,812,993)
15-64 years: 70.3% (male 469,328,664; female 443,248,860)
65 years and over: 7.5% (male 46,308,923; female 50,747,133) (2004 est.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
0.57% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
12.98 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
6.92 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net Migration Rate : |
-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| 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 (2004 est.) |
| Infant Mortality Rate / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 25.28 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 71.96 years
male: 70.4 years
female: 73.72 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
1.69 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
0.1% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
840,000 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Deaths : |
44,000 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality : |
noun: Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Chinese |
| Ethnic Groups : |
Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1% |
| Religions : |
Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%
note: officially atheist (2002 est.) |
| 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) |
| 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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