People
Approximately a fifth of the worldÕs population
lives in China (1.3 billion).
China's government seeks to limit population growth. By law,
Chinese men may not marry until they are 22 years old, and women until they are
20. People are encouraged to have one or two children. In 1979, the Chinese
government applied a rule of one child per family. This policy has been
efficient. Nowadays, the population growth rate is 0.6%.
Birth rate: 13.14-birhts/1,000 population
Death rate: 6.94 deaths/ 1,000 population
Also, China is a multinational country. The Hans Chinese is the
largest ethnic group, which constitutes 92% of the total population. Other
nationalities are: Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and
others that constitute the 8.1% of the population.
Language
The population of China shares the same culture, traditions and
written language. There are seven
Chinese dialects and many sub dialects. The major dialect is the Mandarin Chinese spoken by more than 70
percent of the population. The Northern Chinese dialect is the official
language of the country, which is taught to Chinese. The majority of the Han
Chinese speaks Mandarin, and the rest speak one of the six other major Chinese
dialects. The non-Chinese languages, 
which are spoken by ethic minorities, are
Mongolian, Tibetan, Uygur and other Turkic languages (in Xinjiang), and Korean
(in the Northeast).
Religion
China is officially an atheist country. Taoism is an ideological
belief in China that continues today. There are other religions like Muslims,
Catholics, Buddhist and Protestants.
Life expectancy
The population of China has a life expectancy of 72. 27 years.
Among men, the life expectancy is 70.65, and for women life
expectancy is 74.09.
Literacy
Definition: Age 15 and older than can read and write.
Total population: 90.9%
Male: 95.1%
Female: 86.5%
