China ABC/Chinese People

Population: 1,284,303,705 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 24.3% (male 163,821,081; female 148,855,387)
15-64 years: 68.4% (male 452,354,428; female 426,055,713)
65 years and over: 7.3% (male 43,834,528; female 49,382,568)
Population growth rate: 0.87%
Birth rate: 15.85 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 6.77 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population
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
Infant mortality rate: 27.25 deaths/1,000 live births )
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.86 years
female: 73.86 years
male: 70.02 years
Total fertility rate: 1.82 children born/woman
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.2%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 1.25 million
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 17,000
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
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
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 81.5%
male: 89.9%
female: 72.7%