China

• Area: 9,596,960 sq. km (3,705,405 sq. mi.)
• Population: 1,373,541,278 (2016 est.)
• Population growth rate: 0.43% (2016 est.)
• Life expectancy: 75.5 years (2016)
• Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official; Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), minority languages
• Religions: Buddhist 18.2%, Christian 5.1%, Muslim 1.8%, folk religion 21.9%, Hindu < 0.1%, Jewish < 0.1%, other 0.7% (includes Daoist (Taoist)), unaffiliated 52.2%
• Formal name: People's Republic of China
• Alternate names: Chung-hua Jen-min-kung-ho-kuo, People’s Republic of China, PRC, Zhongguo, Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo
• Government type: communist state
• Leaders: chief of state: President XI Jinping; head of government: Premier LI Keqiang
• Capital: Beijing
• Administrative divisions: 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, and 4 municipalities
• GDP per capita (PPP): $14,100 (2015 est.)
• Exports: electrical and other machinery, including data processing equipment, apparel, furniture, textiles, integrated circuits
• Imports: electrical and other machinery, oil and mineral fuels; nuclear reactor, boiler, and machinery components; optical and medical equipment, metal ores, motor vehicles; soybeans
• Currency: Renminbi yuan (RMB)

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