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Population:
1,343,239,923 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 1 |
Nationality:
noun: Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Chinese
Ethnic groups:
Han Chinese 91.5%, Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uighur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Korean, and other nationalities 8.5% (2000 census)
Languages:
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)
Religions:
Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%
note: officially atheist (2002 est.)
Age structure:
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:
total: 35.5 years
male: 34.9 years
female: 36.2 years (2011 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.481% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 152
Birth rate:
12.31 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 158
Death rate:
7.17 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 126
Net migration rate:
-0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 131
Urbanization:
urban population: 47% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
Shanghai 16.575 million; BEIJING (capital) 12.214 million; Chongqing 9.401 million; Shenzhen 9.005 million; Guangzhou 8.884 million (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.13 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.17 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2012 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
38 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
country comparison to the world: 105
Infant mortality rate:
total: 15.62 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 111
male: 15.38 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74.84 years
country comparison to the world: 95
male: 72.82 years
female: 77.11 years (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.55 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 181
Health expenditures:
4.6% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 148
Physicians density:
1.415 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
country comparison to the world: 86
Hospital bed density:
4.06 beds/1,000 population (2009)
country comparison to the world: 48
Drinking water source:
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:
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)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.1% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 117
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
740,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 13
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
26,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 14
Major infectious diseases:
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)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
2.9% (2002)
country comparison to the world: 66
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
8.7% (2000)
country comparison to the world: 69
Education expenditures:
NA
Literacy:
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):
total: 12 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2009) |
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