Population: Nationality: Ethnic groups: Languages: Religions: Age structure: Dependency ratios: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Population distribution: Urbanization: Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio: Maternal mortality ratio: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): People - note:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding China on this page is re-published from the 2018 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of China People 2018 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about China People 2018 should be addressed to the CIA.
1,379,302,771 (July 2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 1
[see also: Population country ranks ]
noun: Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Chinese
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%
note: the Chinese Government officially recognizes 56 ethnic groups (2010 est.)
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)
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%
note: officially atheist (2010 est.)
0-14 years: 17.15% (male 127,484,177/female 109,113,241)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 12.78% (male 94,215,607/female 82,050,623)
[see also: Age structure - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 48.51% (male 341,466,438/female 327,661,460)
[see also: Age structure - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 10.75% (male 74,771,050/female 73,441,177)
[see also: Age structure - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 10.81% (male 71,103,029/female 77,995,969) (2017 est.)
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.
total dependency ratio: 37.7
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 24.3
[see also: Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio country ranks ]
elderly dependency ratio: 13.3
[see also: Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio country ranks ]
potential support ratio: 7.5
data do not include Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan (2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - potential support ratio country ranks ]
total: 37.4 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 36.5 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 38.4 years (2017 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 67
0.41% (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 160
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
12.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 161
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
7.8 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 101
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 121
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
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
urban population: 57.9% of total population (2017)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 2.3% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
note: data do not include Hong Kong and Macau
Shanghai 23.741 million; BEIJING (capital) 20.384 million; Chongqing 13.332 million; Guangdong 12.458 million; Tianjin 11.21 million; Shenzhen 10.749 million (2015)
at birth: 1.14 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.17 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 1.14 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
27 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 119
[see also: Maternal mortality ratio country ranks ]
total: 12 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male: 12.3 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 11.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 122
total population: 75.7 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total population country ranks ]
male: 73.6 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 78 years (2017 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 102
[See also: Healthy Life Expectancy ]
[See also: Health Performance ]
1.6 children born/woman (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 182
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
5.5% of GDP (2014)
country comparison to the world: 125
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
1.49 physicians/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
4.2 beds/1,000 population (2012)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 97.5% of population
rural: 93% of population
total: 95.5% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2.5% of population
rural: 7% of population
total: 4.5% of population (2015 est.)
improved:
urban: 86.6% of population
rural: 63.7% of population
total: 76.5% of population
unimproved:
urban: 13.4% of population
rural: 36.3% of population
total: 23.5% of population (2015 est.)
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: Japanese encephalitis
soil contact disease: hantaviral hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) (2016)
6.2% (2016)
country comparison to the world: 169
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
3.4% (2010)
country comparison to the world: 109
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
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 est.)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
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 (2015)
[see also: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female country ranks ]
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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