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People
1,330,141,295 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
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0-14 years: 19.8% (male 140,877,745/female 124,290,090)
15-64 years: 72.1% (male 495,724,889/female 469,182,087)
65 years and over: 8.1% (male 51,774,115/female 56,764,042) (2010 est.)
total: 35.2 years
male: 34.5 years
female: 35.8 years (2010 est.)
0.494% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 153
12.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 164
6.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 142
-0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 135
urban population: 43% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.14 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.17 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.93 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 16.51 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 114
male: 15.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 74.51 years
country comparison to the world: 93
male: 72.54 years
female: 76.77 years (2010 est.)
1.54 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 182
0.1% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 115
700,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 17
39,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 15
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: Japanese encephalitis and dengue fever
soil contact disease: hantaviral hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)
animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds
(2009)
noun: Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Chinese
Han Chinese 91.5%, Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uighur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Korean, and other nationalities 8.5% (2000 census)
Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%
note: officially atheist (2002 est.)
Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect) (official), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
note: Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uighur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.6%
male: 95.7%
female: 87.6% (2007)
total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2008)
1.9% of GDP (1999)
country comparison to the world: 172
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