how many people live in china?

Answer 1

Lots and lots,

Answer 2

Billions!

Answer 3

I believe about 1.3 billion in China
India has about 1 billion..
EU has about 350 million
USA has about 300 million

Answer 4

From Wikipedia.org (see source, below):

"China's overall population exceeds 1.3 billion, about one-fifth of the world's population."

Answer 5

Over 1.3 billion

Answer 6

About one billion

Answer 7

like a billion or something

Answer 8

1.3 billion people

Answer 9

PROBABLY ABOUT 1.5 BILLION

Answer 10

China Issues Communique on Major Figures of Population


China has a population of 1,295.33 million, according to the communique on major figures of the 2000 population census issued by the National Bureau of Statistics.


The total population of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities (excluding Jinmen and Mazu islands of Fujian Province hereafter) and of servicemen on the mainland of China was 1,265.83 million.


The population of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) was 6.78 million, that of Macao SAR was 440,000, that of Taiwan Province and of Jinmen, Mazu and a few other islands of Fujian province was 22.28 million.


Population Exceeds 1.29 Billion

The total population of China amounts to 1,295.33 million, including those in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, the Chinese government announced Wednesday at a press conference following a just-concluded national census.


Population Increased 132.15 Million

China's population increased 132.15 million, or 11.66 percent over the 1980s in 10 years.


The growth rate is 1.07 percent annually on average, according to the Communique on major figures of the 2000 population census issued Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics.


China has not only tided over the third baby booming since the founding of People's Republic of China, and put the rapid population growth under effective control, but also entered the stage of the low fertility rate.


Rapid Population Growth Under Control in China

China has effectively put rapid population growth under control with the current population standing at 1,295.33 million, said Zhu Zhixin, commissioner of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Wednesday.


Zhu, who was also deputy head of the Population Census Leading Group Under the State Council, made the announcement at a press conference held by the Information Office of the State Council this morning.


The average annual growth rate over the past 10 years and four months was 1.07 percent, 0.4 percentage point down from the end of 1980s, which indicates that "China's family planning policy has achieved effective results," Zhu said.


He added that China has not only tided over the third baby boom since the founding of the People's Republic of China and put population growth under control, but also entered the stage of low fertility rate.


Quality Further Improved

The educational level of China's population witnessed a remarkable improvement over the past decade with the illiteracy rate down by 9.16 percentage points from a decade ago, according to the commissioner.


The just-concluded fifth national census, which was carried out on November 1st last year, showed that the crude illiteracy rate (the proportion of illiterate population at and above 15 years of age in the total population) stood at 6.72 percent, compared with 15.88 percent of the 1990 census.


In every 100,000 people, the number of people with university degree increased from 1,422 to 3,611, up 154 percent, while the number of people with primary education dropped from 37,057 to 35,701.


"The fast improvement of the population's educational accomplishment in the 1990s was unprecedented," Zhu said, adding that China's efforts to eradicate illiteracy among the young and the middle-aged, and nationwide popularization of nine-year compulsory education have shown good results.


Aging Population Grew Fast

China now has 88.11 million persons in the age group of 65 and over, accounting for 6.96 percent of the total population.


The figures came from China's fifth national census carried out in 2000. The share of aging population was up by 1.39 percentage points compared with the 1990 census.


"This reflected that since the country's reform and opening-up, rapid growth was scored in social and economic development, which resulted in remarkable improvement of living standards and health and medical care service," said Zhu Zhixin.


Zhu also attributed the rise in aging population to the rapid decline in the fertility rate.


Fully Complete Census by 2002

China will fully complete the national census work by the end of 2002, according to Zhu Zhixin.


"The fifth national census, which started in early 1998, have completed the preparation and field enumeration work. Data processing and utilization of census results are under way and the whole work will be completed by 2002," Zhu said at the press conference held by the Information Office of the State Council.


COMMUNIQUE ON MAJOR FIGURES OF THE 2000 POPULATION CENSUS

(No.2)

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS PEOPLE'S REPUPLIC OF CHINA

April 2, 2001

Following are the results from the advance tabulation on the geographic distribution of

population from the fifth national population census of China:


Region
Population (million)

Beijing Municipality
13.82

Tianjin Municipality
10.01

Hebei Province
67.44

Shanxi Province
32.97

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
23.76

Liaoning Province
42.38

Jilin Province
27.28

Heilongjiang Province
36.89

Shanghai Municipality
16.74

Jiangsu Province
74.38

Zhejiang Province
46.77

Anhui Province
59.86

Fujian Province

(excluding the population in Jinmen and Mazu and a few other islands)
34.71

Jiangxi Province
41.40

Shandong Province
90.79

Henan Province
92.56

Hubei Province
60.28

Hunan Province
64.40

Guangdong Province
86.42

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
44.89

Hainan Province
7.87

Chongqing Municipality
30.90

Sichuan Province
83.29

Guizhou Province
35.25

Yunnan Province
42.88

Tibet Autonomous Region
2.62

Shaanxi Province
36.05

Gansu Province
25.62

Qinghai Province
5.18

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
5.62

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
19.25

Hongkong Special Administrative Region
6.78

Macao Special Administrative Region
0.44

Taiwan Province and Jinmen, Mazu and a few other islands of Fujian Province
22.28

Servicemen
2.50


Note:


The population (including immigrants, excluding emigrants) of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of the mainland of China were enumerated at the reference time of zero hour of November 1, 2000.


The difference between the total population on the mainland of China and the sum of population of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and servicemen were the population with their household registration unsettled.


Population of Hong Kong SAR was obtained from data on September 30, 2000, which was provided by Hong Kong SAR government.


Population of Macao SAR was obtained from data on September 30, 2000, which was provided by Macao SAR government.


Population of Taiwan Province, Jinmen, Mazu and a few other islands refers to population at the end of 2000, which was released by the Taiwan authority