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Population:
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1,321,851,888 (July 2007 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 20.4% (male 143,527,634/female 126,607,344)
15-64 years: 71.7% (male 487,079,770/female 460,596,384)
65 years and over: 7.9% (male 49,683,856/female 54,356,900) (2007 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 33.2 years
male: 32.7 years
female: 33.7 years (2007 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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0.606% (2007 est.)
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Birth rate:
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13.45 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
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Death rate:
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7 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.11 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.134 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.057 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.914 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 22.12 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 20.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 24.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 72.88 years
male: 71.13 years
female: 74.82 years (2007 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.75 children born/woman (2007 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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840,000 (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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44,000 (2003 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Chinese
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Ethnic groups:
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Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%
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Religions:
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Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%
note: officially atheist (2002 est.)
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Languages:
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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 groups entry)
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.9%
male: 95.1%
female: 86.5% (2000 census)
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