Environment - international agreements:
party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty,
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,
Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the
Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,
Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note:
world's fourth largest country (after Russia, Canada, and US);
Mount Everest on the border with Nepal is the world's tallest peak;
People China
Population:
1,298,847,624 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 22.3% (male 153,401,051; female 135,812,993)
15-64 years: 70.3% (male 469,328,664; female 443,248,860)
65 years and over: 7.5% (male 46,308,923; female 50,747,133) (2004
est.)
Median age: total: 31.8 years male: 31.5 years female: 32.2 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.57% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
12.98 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
6.92 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)