China    Age Breakdown


China east

Official name: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo (People's Republic of China).

Form of government: single-party people's republic with one legislative house (National People's Congress [2,979]).

Chief of state: President.

Head of government: Premier.

Population (1998): 1,242,980,000.

Population projection: (2000) 1,263,098,000; (2010) 1,341,848,000.

Natural increase rate per 1,000 population (1997): 9.3 (world avg. 15.7).

Gross national product (at current market prices; 1996): U.S.$906,079,000,000 (U.S.$750 per capita).

Land use (1994): forested 14.0%; meadows and pastures 42.9%; agricultural and under permanent cultivation 10.3%; other 32.8%.

China west

Official name: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo (People's Republic of China).

Form of government: single-party people's republic with one legislative house (National People's Congress [2,979]).

Chief of state: President.

Head of government: Premier.

Population (1998): 1,242,980,000.

Population projection: (2000) 1,263,098,000; (2010) 1,341,848,000.

Natural increase rate per 1,000 population (1997): 9.3 (world avg. 15.7).

Gross national product (at current market prices; 1996): U.S.$906,079,000,000 (U.S.$750 per capita).

Land use (1994): forested 14.0%; meadows and pastures 42.9%; agricultural and under permanent cultivation 10.3%; other 32.8%.

 

 

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