ChinaPopulation: 1 236 914 658 (July 1998 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 26% (male 169 347 516; female 149 897 253) 15-64 years: 68% (male 431 164 591; female 404 513 208) 65 years and over: 6% (male 38 398 920; female 43 593 170) (July 1998 est.) Population growth rate: 0.83% (1998 est.) Birth rate: 15.73 births/1 000 population (1998 est.) Death rate: 6.99 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.) Net migration rate: -0.41 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.15 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.13 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female (1998 est.) Infant mortality rate: 45.46 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 69.59 years male: 68.32 years female: 71.06 years (1998 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1998 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: Daoism (Taoism) Buddhism Muslim (Christian 1% (est.) - GOOD!!) Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua based on the Beijing dialect - called Guoyu, especially by Taiwan), Yue (Cantonese) Wu (Shanghaiese) Minbei (Fuzhou) Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese) Xiang Gan Hakka dialects minority languages (see Ethnic divisions entry) Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.5% male: 89.9% female: 82.7% (1995 est.)
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