Short facts about people of China

Population:

1,273,111,290 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  25.01% (male 166,754,893; female 151,598,117) 15-64 years:  67.88% (male 445,222,858; female 418,959,646) 65 years and over:  7.11% (male 42,547,296; female 48,028,480) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.88% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

15.95 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

6.74 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.09 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.1 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.06 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.89 male(s)/female total population:  1.06 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

28.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  71.62 years male:  69.81 years female:  73.59 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.82 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.07% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

500,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

17,000 (1999 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 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.) note:  officially atheist

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:  81.5% male:  89.9% female:  72.7% (1995 est.)

Source: World Factbook