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| Population | 1,321,851,888 (July 2007 est.) | | | Age structure | 0-14 years: 20.4% (male 143,527,634/female 126,607,344)
15-64 years: 71.7% (male 487,079,770/female 460,596,384)
65 years and over: 7.9% (male 49,683,856/female 54,356,900) (2007 est.) | | | Median age | total: 33.2 years
male: 32.7 years
female: 33.7 years (2007 est.) | | | Population growth rate | 0.606% (2007 est.) | | | Birth rate | 13.45 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | | Death rate | 7 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | | Net migration rate | -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | | Sex ratio | at birth: 1.11 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.134 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.057 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.914 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2007 est.) | | | Infant mortality rate | total: 22.12 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 20.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 24.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) | | | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 72.88 years
male: 71.13 years
female: 74.82 years (2007 est.) | | | Total fertility rate | 1.75 children born/woman (2007 est.) | | People living
with HIV/AIDS | 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, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%
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% (2000 census) | |
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