Geography - note: world's fourth-largest country (after Russia,
Canada, and US)
@China:People
Population: 1,261,832,482 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 25% (male 168,040,006; female 152,826,953) 15-64 years: 68% (male 439,736,737; female 413,454,673) 65 years and over: 7% (male 41,200,297; female 46,573,816) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.9% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 16.12 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 6.73 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.15 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 28.92 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)