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.)
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