China Population Information

Population:	1,286,975,468 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:	0-14 years: 23.1% (male 155,473,656; female 141,737,406) 15-64 years: 69.5% (male 461,223,219; female 433,154,970) 65 years and over: 7.4% (male 44,954,643; female 50,431,574) (2003 est.)
Median age:	total: 31.5 years male: 31.2 years female: 31.7 years (2002)
Population growth rate:	0.6% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:	12.96 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:	6.74 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:	-0.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:	at birth: 1.09 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate:	total: 25.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.) male: 24.91 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:	total population: 72.22 years male: 70.33 years female: 74.28 years (2003 est.)
Total fertility rate:	1.7 children born/woman (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:	less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:	850,000 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:	30,000 (2001 est.)
Nationality:	noun: Chinese (singular and plural) adjective: Chinese
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% note: officially atheist (2002 est.)
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:	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86% male: 92.9% female: 78.8% (2003 est.)

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