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Population (July 2002 est): 1,284,303,705
Age structure (2002 est.)
- 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)
Population growth rate (2002 est): 0.87%
Sex ratio (2002 est):
- 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
Ethnic Groups
The largest ethnic group is the Han Chinese, who constitutes about 91.9% of the total population. The remaining 8.1% are:
Zhuang (16 million)
Manchu (10 million)
Hui (9 million)
Miao (8 million)
Uygur (7 million)
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Yi (7 million)
Mongolian (5 million)
Tibetan (5 million)
Buyi (3 million)
Korean (2 million)
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Language
There are seven major Chinese dialects and many sub dialects. Mandarin (or Putonghua), the predominant dialect, is spoken by over 70% of the population. It is taught in all schools and is the medium of government. About two-thirds of the Han ethnic group are native speakers of Mandarin; the rest, concentrated in southwest and southeast China, speak one of the six other major Chinese dialects. Non-Chinese languages spoken widely by ethnic minorities include:
- Mongolian
- Tibetan
- Uygur and other Turkic languages (in Xinjiang)
- Korean (in the northeast).
Third Party Resources
Tibet sites
Uighur sites
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