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People
Population: 1,118,162,727 (July 1990), growth rate 1.4% (1990).
Birth rate: 22 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 34 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 67 years male, 69 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 2.3 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Chinese (sing., pl.); adjective--Chinese.
Ethnic divisions: 93.3% Han Chinese; 6.7% Zhuang, Uygur,
Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and
other nationalities.
Religion: officially atheist, but traditionally pragmatic and
eclectic; most important elements of religion are Confucianism,
Taoism, and Buddhism; about 2-3% Muslim, 1% Christian.
Language: Standard Chinese (Putonghua) or Mandarin (based
on the Beijing dialect); also Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese),
Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan,
Hakka dialects, and minority languages (see ethnic divisions).
Literacy: over 75%.
Labor force: 513,000,000; 61.1% agriculture and forestry,
25.2% industry and commerce, 4.6% construction and mining,
4.5% social services, 4.6% other (1986 est.).
Organized labor: All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)
follows the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party; membership
over 80 million or about 65% of the urban work force (1985).