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People's Republic of China
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Capital: Beijing
Total Area: 3,705,406.97 sq mi,9,596,960.00 sq km,(slightly smaller than the US)
Population: 1,273,111,290 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 2050: 1,470,468,924
Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages
Literacy: 81.5% total, 89.9% male, 72.7% female (1995 est.)
Religions: Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.),note: officially atheist
Life Expectancy: 69.81 male, 73.59 female (2001 est.)
Government Type: Communist state
Currency: 1 yuan = 10 jiao
GDP (per capita): $3,600 (2000 est.)
Industry: iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles and apparel, petroleum, cement, chemical fertilizers, footwear, toys, food processing, automobiles, consumer electronics, telecommunications
Agriculture: rice, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed; pork; fish
Arable Land: 10%
Natural Resources: coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest) Detail Information:
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