China Population

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Han Chinese make up over 91% of the population of China. The balance of the population are members of various other ethnic Chinese groups. China is officially atheist.
POPULATION GRAPH

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) (2002 est.)
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:
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 (2002 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
27.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.86 years
female: 73.86 years (2002 est.)
male: 70.02 years
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:
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: 81.5%
male: 89.9%
female: 72.7% (1995 est.)