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China People 1996

Population:

1,210,004,956 (July 1996 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

26% (female 151,266,866; male 167,234,782)

15-64 years:

67% (female 391,917,572; male 419,103,994)

65 years and over:

7% (female 39,591,692; male 33,982,362) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.04% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

17.78 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

7.36 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

52.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

68.08 years

male:

67.09 years

female:

69.18 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.84 children born/woman (1995 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:

583.6 million (1991)

by occupation:

agriculture and forestry 60%, industry and commerce 25%, construction and mining 5%, social services 5%, other 5% (1990 est.)

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