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China People - 2002 https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/china/china_people.html SOURCE: 2002 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Population 1,284,303,705 (July 2002 est.) Age structure
Population growth rate 0.87% (2002 est.) Birth rate 15.85 births/1,000 population (2002 est.) Death rate 6.77 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.) Net migration rate -0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.) Sex ratio
Infant mortality rate 27.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) Life expectancy at birth
Total fertility rate 1.82 children born/woman (2002 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate less than 0.2% (2000-01 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 1.25 million (January 2001) HIV/AIDS - deaths 17,000 (1999 est.) Nationality
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, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%
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
NOTE: The information regarding China on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of China People 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about China People 2002 should be addressed to the CIA. |