Stats on Chinese population

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 | |

Here are some interesting stats on the population of China. As you can see, the percentage of girls has decreased significantly over the years. In western civilizations, the population split is closer to 49% males and 51% females for all age groups and has been this way for over 100 years.

SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population of China: 1,313,973,713 (July 2006 estimate)
Age structure:
0 to 14 years: 20.8% - male 145,461,833 (53%) / female 128,445,739 (47%)
15 to 64 years: 71.4% - male 482,439,115 (51%) / female 455,960,489 (49%)
65 years and over: 7.7% - male 48,562,635 (48%) / female 53,103,902 (52%)

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