China’s Population!
By: Alex Nohelty, Jon Klayman,
Vince Camin, Emily Wivell, Sarah
Cranney
Number of People:
Population density
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-population 1,349,585,838
-largest population in the world followed by India
and then the U.S
-urban population 50.6%
-rural population 50.4%
-major urban cities: Shanghai 16.575 million,
Beijing 15.594 million
-ethnic groups: Han Chinese 91.5%, others 8.5%
-major U.S cities population compared to China's
major cities: New York City 19.3 million, L.A 12.675
million
Average Annual Income
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Average annual income for a family in 2012 was
$2,100
Average income for urban areas was $2,600.
Average income for rural areas was $1,600
The poverty line in China is about $3860
The GDP per capita is $6,076, which ranks 86th in
the world. (This number can be considered unfair
as the population of China is very large.
GDP per capita is a measure of the total output of a
country that takes the gross domestic product
divided by the number of people.
Economic groups;
employment
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Economic groups have become more market
orientated
Worlds largest exporter
Gross domestic product (GDP)- composition:
agriculture: 10.1%, industry: 45.3%, services:
44.6% Labor force- 798.5 million
Labor force by occupation- agriculture: 34.8%,
industry: 29.5%, services: 35.7%
Unemployment rate- 6.5% in 2012 according to
CIA world factbook.
4.1% in 2013 according to tradingeconomics.com
One Child Policy
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1970 the birthrate was 4.77 children per woman
2011 the average woman had 1.64 children
Estimated that it is now the world's most unbalanced sex ratio
at birth with boys outnumbering girls.
Estimated that 336 million abortions and 222 million
sterilizations have taken place, often against the mothers will,
and these have all been since the one child policy was
introduced in 1978
Policy applies to urban couples, restricting them to only one
child
However in rural areas or places of high wealth, many couples
have more than one child. There also is a fairly recent change
to the policy which says that if both parents were only
children, and you are a rural citizen you may apply
New policy also says if first child is a girl, then they can also
apply
Works cited page
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Number of people: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/theworld-factbook/geos/ch.html
Average annual income:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/geos/ch.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/world/asia/survey-in-chinashows-wide-income-gap.html?_r=0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
_per_capita
Economic Groups:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/theworld-factbook/geos/ch.html
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/china/unemployment-rate
One Chlid Policy: http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/14/china-one-childpolicy-3921116/
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-0808/world/41179136_1_one-child-policy-social-sciences-dead-son