Back التركيبة السكانية في الصين Arabic Demografía de la República Popular China AST Çin əhalisi Azerbaijani Насельніцтва Кітаю BE-X-OLD Население на Китай Bulgarian Obyvatelstvo Číny Czech Kinas demografi Danish Demografie der Volksrepublik China German Δημογραφία της Κίνας Greek Demografio de Ĉinio Esperanto
| Demographics of China | |
|---|---|
 Population pyramid of China in November 2020 | |
| Population |  1,409,670,000 (2023 est.) |
| Growth rate | −0.15% (2023 est.) (159th) |
| Birth rate | 6.39 births per 1,000 (2023 est.) |
| Death rate | 7.87 deaths per 1,000 (2023 est.) |
| Life expectancy |  78.6 years (2022) |
| • male | 76.0 years (2022) |
| • female | 81.3 years (2022) |
| Fertility rate | 1.07 children per woman (2023 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | 6.76 deaths per 1000 live births (2022)[1] |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 16.48% (male 124,166,174/female 108,729,429) |
| 15–64 years | 69.4% (male 504,637,819/female 476,146,909) |
| 65 and over | 14.11% (male 92,426,805/female 107,035,710) (2023 est.)[2] |
| Sex ratio | |
| At birth | 1.11 male to female (2020 est.) |
| 65 and over | 0.90 male to female (2020 est.) |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | noun: Chinese adjective: Chinese |
| Major ethnic | Han Chinese |
| Minor ethnic | Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uyghurs, Yi, Tujia, Mongols, Tibetan, Bouyei, Dong, Yao, Korean, Bai, Hani, Li, Kazakh, Dai, She, Lisu, Gelao, Lahu, Dongxiang, Va, Sui, Nakhi, Qiang, Tu, Xibe, Mulao, Kyrgyz, Daur, Jingpo, Salar, Blang, Maonan, Tajik, Pumi, Achang, Nu, Ewenki, Gin, Jino, De'ang, Uzbeks, Russian, Yugur, Bonan, Monba, Oroqen, Derung, Tatars, Hezhen, Lhoba |
| Language | |
| Official | Standard Chinese |
| Spoken | Various; See Languages of China |
China is the second most populous country in Asia as well as the second most populous country in the world, with a population of 1.409 billion.[3]
China has an enormous population with a relatively small youth component, partially a result of China's one-child policy that was implemented from 1979 until 2015. As of 2022[update], Chinese state media reported the country's total fertility rate to be 1.09.[4]
China was the world's most populous country from at least 1950[citation needed] until being surpassed by India in 2023.[5][6]
In 2023, China's population stood at 1.409 billion.[3] According to the 2020 census, 91.11% of the population was Han Chinese, and 8.89% were minorities. China's population growth rate is only 0.03%, ranking 159th in the world.[7] China conducted its sixth national population census in 2010,[8][9] and its seventh census was completed in late 2020, with data released in May 2021.[10]
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