China

Background

Location

Geographic coordinates

Map references

Area

comparison ranking: total 5

Area - comparative

Land boundaries

Coastline

Maritime claims

Climate

Terrain

Elevation

Natural resources

Land use

Irrigated land

Major lakes (area sq km)

Major rivers (by length in km)

Major watersheds (area sq km)

Major aquifers

Population distribution

Natural hazards

Geography - note

Population

comparison rankings: total 1; male 2; female 1

Nationality

Ethnic groups

Languages

Religions

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

comparison ranking: total 59

Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 196

Birth rate

comparison ranking: 216

Death rate

comparison ranking: 87

Net migration rate

comparison ranking: 103

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas - population

Sex ratio

Maternal mortality ratio

comparison ranking: 131

Infant mortality rate

comparison ranking: total 166

Life expectancy at birth

comparison ranking: total population 75

Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 221

Gross reproduction rate

Drinking water source

Health expenditure

Physician density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

comparison ranking: 169

Alcohol consumption per capita

comparison ranking: total 89

Tobacco use

comparison ranking: total 40

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

comparison ranking: 99

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

Child marriage

Education expenditure

comparison ranking: Education expenditure (% GDP) 109

Literacy

People - note

Environmental issues

International environmental agreements

Climate

Land use

Urbanization

Carbon dioxide emissions

comparison ranking: total emissions 1

Particulate matter emissions

Methane emissions

Waste and recycling

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Geoparks

Country name

Government type

Capital

Administrative divisions

Legal system

Constitution

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage

Executive branch

Legislative branch

Judicial branch

Political parties

Diplomatic representation in the US

Diplomatic representation from the US

International organization participation

Independence

National holiday

Flag

National symbol(s)

National color(s)

National anthem(s)

National heritage

Economic overview

Real GDP (purchasing power parity)

comparison ranking: 1

Real GDP growth rate

comparison ranking: 42

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 93

GDP (official exchange rate)

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

comparison ranking: 7

GDP - composition, by sector of origin

comparison rankings: agriculture 95; industry 32; services 112

GDP - composition, by end use

Agricultural products

Industries

Industrial production growth rate

comparison ranking: 40

Labor force

comparison ranking: 1

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 80

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)

comparison ranking: total 79

Population below poverty line

Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income

comparison ranking: 69

Average household expenditures

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Remittances

Budget

Public debt

comparison ranking: 112

Taxes and other revenues

comparison ranking: 138

Current account balance

comparison ranking: 1

Exports

comparison ranking: 1

Exports - partners

Exports - commodities

Imports

comparison ranking: 2

Imports - partners

Imports - commodities

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

comparison ranking: 1

Debt - external

comparison ranking: 1

Exchange rates

Electricity access

Electricity

comparison rankings: installed generating capacity 1; consumption 1; exports 13; imports 36; transmission/distribution losses 211

Electricity generation sources

Nuclear energy

Coal

Petroleum

Natural gas

Energy consumption per capita

comparison ranking: 38

Telephones - fixed lines

comparison ranking: total subscriptions 1

Telephones - mobile cellular

comparison ranking: total subscriptions 1

Broadcast media

Internet country code

Internet users

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

comparison ranking: total 1

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports

comparison ranking: 16

Heliports

comparison ranking: 21

Railways

Merchant marine

comparison ranking: total 2

Ports

Military and security forces

Military expenditures

Military and security service personnel strengths

Military equipment inventories and acquisitions

Military service age and obligation

Military deployments

Military - note

Space agency/agencies

Space launch site(s)

Space program overview

Key space-program milestones

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Trafficking in persons

Illicit drugs