Population: 1,190,431,106 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.08% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 18.1 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 7.35 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 52.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 67.91 years
male: 66.93 years
female: 68.99 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.84 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Chinese

Ethnic divisions: Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%

Religions: Daoism (Taoism), Buddhism, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.)
note: officially atheist, but traditionally pragmatic and eclectic

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 divisions entry)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
total population: 78%
male: 87%
female: 68%
Labor force: 567.4 million
by occupation: agriculture and forestry 60%, industry and commerce 25%, construction and mining 5%, social services 5%, other 5% (1990 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding China on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of China People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about China People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.