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- currency: Chinese yuan
- capital city: Beijing
- region: Eastern Asia
- continent: Asia
- land area: 9,388,210 km²
- population: 1,410,710,000 people
- political leader: Xi Jinping (General Secretary of the Communist Party)
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Location on a map: [35°0′N, 105°0′E]
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Summary
The country China is located in Asia and the Eastern Asia region. It has a land area of 9,388,210 km² square kilometers and a population of 1,410,710,000 people. The capital city is Beijing and uses the currency Chinese yuan. The political leader is Xi Jinping with the title General Secretary of the Communist Party.
Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 2,535,000 people
- Democracy score: 3.32
- Democracy type: Authoritarian
- Military expenditure: 1.60 % of GDP
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 26.54 %
Distribution of politicians from China by gender
China historical methane emissions per armed forces personnel
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China historical urban population per armed forces personnel
Evolution of historical military expenditure in China
Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in China
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in China
Distribution of politicians from China by birth date
Politicians from China
Political parties in China
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Business
- Gdp: 17,794,781,986,104.50 current US$
- Inflation: 0.23 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 45.76 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 7.70 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 4.67 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 41.82 % of total employment
Distribution of companies from China by foundation year
Evolution of historical central government debt in China
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Evolution of historical median inflation in China
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Distribution of shops in China by country
Companies from China
Exchanges in China
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in China by total students
Distribution of universities in China by foundation year
Universities in China
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Environment
China is one of the countries in Asia and one of the countries in Eastern Asia. China is one of the 194 countries in our database.
- Agricultural land: 5,206,950.00 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 5.11 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 10,944,686.20 kt
- Electricity production from coal sources: 70.31 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 2.49 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 19.07 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 2.34 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 0.17 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 4.86 % of total
- Net energy imports: 15.02 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 1.18 births per woman
- Forest area: 2,218,577 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 87.67 % of total
- Other greenhouse gas emissions, hfc, pfc and sf6: -364,711.44 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 35.00
- Methane emissions: 1,186,285.18 kt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 536,920.21 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 691,168,325 people
- Male population: 719,541,674 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 15.20 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 8,723,723.06 km²
- Rural population: 499,814,553 people
- Urban land area: 522,345.19 km²
- Urban population: 910,895,447 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 4.35 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in China by population
Evolution of historical net energy imports in China
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China historical rural land area per forest area
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China historical renewable energy consumption per fossil fuel energy consumption
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in China
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in China
Evolution of historical internet access in China
Evolution of historical land area in China
China historical methane emissions per land area
Evolution of historical median age in China
Evolution of historical methane emissions in China
China historical nitrous oxide emissions per methane emissions
China historical population per methane emissions
China historical rural land area per methane emissions
China historical urban land area per methane emissions
China historical urban population per methane emissions
Evolution of historical net migration in China
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China historical population per nitrous oxide emissions
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China historical urban population per nitrous oxide emissions
Evolution of historical population in China
China historical urban land area per population
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Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in China
China historical date per population
China historical land area per agricultural land
Evolution of historical agricultural land in China
China historical methane emissions per agricultural land
China historical nitrous oxide emissions per agricultural land
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in China
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in China
China historical GDP per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)
China historical methane emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)
China historical nitrous oxide emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)
China historical urban land area per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)
China historical urban population per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)
Evolution of historical access to electricity in China
China historical birth rate per access to electricity
China historical fertility rate per access to electricity
China historical life expectancy at birth per access to electricity
China historical renewable energy consumption per access to electricity
China historical self-employed workers per access to electricity
China historical vulnerable employment per access to electricity
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in China
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in China
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in China
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in China
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in China
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in China
Distribution of sites in China by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in China by area
Distribution of transboundary sites in China
Geographical distribution of wildfires in China by mean width
Wildfires width mean per length mean in China
Cities in China
Sites in China
Wildfires in China
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Health
- Birth rate: 6.77 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 7.37 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 670.51 current US$
- Health expenditure: 5.38 % of GDP
- Hospital beds: 5.00 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 79
- Suicide mortality rate: 8.10 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in China
China historical fertility rate per birth rate
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China historical self-employed workers per birth rate
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China historical median age per birth rate
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China historical life expectancy at birth per death rate
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Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in China
Evolution of historical hospital beds in China
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China historical self-employed workers per life expectancy at birth
China historical vulnerable employment per life expectancy at birth
Evolution of historical suicide rate in China
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in China
Distribution of diseases in China by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in China by start date
Evolution of historical covid cases in China
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Diseases daily deaths per cases in China
Diseases in China
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from China by birth year
Distribution of competitions by country in China
Distribution of competitions in China by start date
Distribution of competitions by city in China
Athletes from China
Competitions in China
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Culture
Distribution of artists from China by birth date
Distribution of artists from China by gender
Geographical distribution of museums in China by visitors
Artists from China
Museums in China
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There are 7508 books written about China in our database
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