| Country (long form) |
People's Republic of China |
| Capital |
Beijing |
| Total Area |
3,705,406.97 sq mi
9,596,960.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than the US) |
| Population |
1,261,832,482 (July 2000 est.) |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
1,470,468,924 |
| 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 |
| Literacy |
81.5% total, 89.9% male, 72.7% female (1995 est.) |
| Religions |
Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.)
note: officially atheist |
| Life Expectancy |
69.6 male, 73.33 female (2000 est.) |
| Government Type |
Communist state |
| Currency |
1 yuan = 10 jiao |
| GDP (per capita) |
$3,800 (1999 est.) |
| Industry |
iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles and apparel, petroleum, cement, chemical fertilizers, footwear, toys, food processing, automobiles, consumer electronics, telecommunications |
| Agriculture |
rice, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed; pork; fish |
| Arable Land |
10% |
| Natural Resources |
coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest) |
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