Birth rate: 15.73 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 6.99 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.41 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.15 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.13 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 45.46 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 69.59 years male: 68.32 years female: 71.06 years (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1998 est.)
Nationality: noun: Chinese (singular and plural) adjective: Chinese
Ethnic groups: Han Chinese 91.9% Zhuang Uygur Hui Yi Tibetan Miao Manchu Mongol Buyi Korean and other nationalities 8.1%
Religions: Daoism (Taoism) Buddhism Muslim 2%-3% Christian 1% (est.) note: officially atheist but traditionally pragmatic and eclectic
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 (see Ethnic divisions entry)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.5% male: 89.9% female: 72.7% (1995 est.)
