China

(Taken from Yahoo)





Population:1,306,313,812 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 21.4% (male:148,134,928; female:131,045,415)
15-64 years: 71% (male:477,182,072; female:450,664,933)
65 years and over: 7.6% (male:47,400,282; female:51,886,182) (2005)

Median age:
total: 32.26 years
male: 31.87 years
female: 32.67 years (2005)

Population growth rate: 0.58% (2005 est.)

Birth rate: 13.14 births / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate: 6.94 deaths / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.4 migrant(s) / 1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.13 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 24.18 deaths / 1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 21.21 deaths / 1,000 live births
female: 27.5 deaths / 1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total: 72.27 years (2005 est.)
male: 70.65 years
female: 74.09 years

Total fertility rate:
1.72 children born/woman (2005 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% (2002)
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 (see Ethnic groups entry)

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.9%
male: 95.1%
female: 86.5% (2002)