Population:
1,394,015,977
(July 2020 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
1
[see also: Population country ranks ]
[see also: Population country ranks ]
Nationality:
noun:
Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Chinese
Ethnic groups:
Han Chinese 91.6%, Zhuang 1.3%, other (includes Hui, Manchu, Uighur, Miao, Yi, Tujia, Tibetan, Mongol, Dong, Buyei, Yao, Bai, Korean, Hani, Li, Kazakh, Dai, and other nationalities) 7.1%
(2010 est.)
note: the Chinese Government officially recognizes 56 ethnic groups
Languages:
Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official; 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: Zhuang is official in Guangxi Zhuang, Yue is official in Guangdong, Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uighur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, Kyrgyz is official in Xinjiang Uygur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet)
Religions:
Buddhist 18.2%, Christian 5.1%, Muslim 1.8%, folk religion 21.9%, Hindu < 0.1%, Jewish < 0.1%, other 0.7% (includes Daoist (Taoist)), unaffiliated 52.2%
(2010 est.)
note: officially atheist
Age structure:
0-14 years: 17.29%
(male 129,296,339/female 111,782,427)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 11.48%
(male 86,129,841/female 73,876,148)
[see also: Age structure - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 46.81%
(male 333,789,731/female 318,711,557)
[see also: Age structure - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 12.08%
(male 84,827,645/female 83,557,507)
[see also: Age structure - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 12.34%
(male 81,586,490/female 90,458,292)
(2020 est.)
[see also: Age structure - 65 years and over country ranks ]
population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for China. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.
For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page under the References tab.
Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 37.7
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 24.3
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio country ranks ]
elderly dependency ratio: 13.3
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio country ranks ]
potential support ratio: 7.5
(2015 est.)
data do not include Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan
Median age:
total: 38.4 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 37.5 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 39.4 years
(2020 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
62
Population growth rate:
0.32%
(2020 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
170
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
Birth rate:
11.6 births/1,000 population
(2020 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
168
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
Death rate:
8.2 deaths/1,000 population
(2020 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
85
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
Net migration rate:
-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(2020 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
123
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
Population distribution:
overwhelming majority of the population is found in the eastern half of the country; the west, with its vast mountainous and desert areas, remains sparsely populated; though ranked first in the world in total population, overall density is less than that of many other countries in Asia and Europe; high population density is found along the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys, the Xi Jiang River delta, the Sichuan Basin (around Chengdu), in and around Beijing, and the industrial area around Shenyang
Urbanization:
urban population: 60.3% of total population
(2019)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 2.42% annual rate of change
(2015-20 est.)
note: data do not include Hong Kong and Macau
Major urban areas - population:
26.317 million Shanghai, 20.035 million BEIJING (capital), 15.354 million Chongqing, 12.968 million Guangzhou, 13.396 million Tianjin, 12.129 million Shenzhen
(2019)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.11 male(s)/female
(2020 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.16 male(s)/female
(2020 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 1.17 male(s)/female
(2020 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
(2020 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
(2020 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
(2020 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 105.5 male(s)/female
(2020 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio country ranks ]
[see also: Sex ratio country ranks ]
Maternal mortality rate:
29 deaths/100,000 live births
(2017 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
111
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
Infant mortality rate:
total: 11.4 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male: 11.9 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 10.9 deaths/1,000 live births
(2020 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
115
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.1 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total population country ranks ]
male: 74 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 78.4 years
(2020 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
104
[See also: Healthy Life Expectancy ]
[See also: Health Performance ]
Total fertility rate:
1.6 children born/woman
(2020 est.)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
184
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
Contraceptive prevalence rate:
84.5%
(2017)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
Drinking water source:
improved:
urban: 97.5% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 93% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - rural country ranks ]
total: 95.5% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2.5% of population
rural: 7% of population
total: 4.5% of population
(2015 est.)
Current Health Expenditure:
5%
(2016)
[see also: Current Health Expenditure country ranks ]
Physicians density:
1.79 physicians/1,000 population
(2015)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
Hospital bed density:
4.2 beds/1,000 population
(2012)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 86.6% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 63.7% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - rural country ranks ]
total: 76.5% of population
(2015 est.)
unimproved:
urban: 13.4% of population
(2015 est.)
rural: 36.3% of population
(2015 est.)
total: 23.5% of population
(2015 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk:
intermediate
(2016)
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
(2016)
vectorborne diseases:
Japanese encephalitis
(2016)
soil contact diseases:
hantaviral hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)
(2016)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
6.2%
(2016)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
169
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
2.4%
(2013)
country comparison to the world (CIA rank, may be based on non-current data):
108
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
Education expenditures:
NA
[see also: Education expenditures country ranks ]
[see also: Education expenditures country ranks ]
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.4%
[see also: Literacy - total population country ranks ]
male: 98.2%
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 94.5%
(2015)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 14 years
[see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total country ranks ]
male: 14 years
[see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male country ranks ]
female: 14 years
[see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male country ranks ]
(2015)
People - note:
in October 2015, the Chinese Government announced that it would change its rules to allow all couples to have two children, loosening a 1979 mandate that restricted many couples to one child; the new policy was implemented on 1 January 2016 to address China’s rapidly aging population and economic needs
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