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CHINA
People's Republic of China
CN · CHN
MODERN STATE FOUNDED 1949
MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD (HISTORICALLY)
POPULATION
1409.0M
AREA
9,706,961 km²
CAPITAL
Beijing
CURRENCY
CNY
GDP / CAPITA
$12,600
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Mount Everest, 8,849 m
LOWEST POINT
Turpan Depression, −154 m
COASTLINE
14,500 km
LAND BORDERS
22,457 km, 14 countries
TERRAIN
Vast and varied — plains and deltas in the east, plateaus and deserts in the west, Himalayas in the southwest.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
39.90°N, 116.41°E
TIME ZONE
CST, UTC+8 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Afghanistan
Bhutan
Myanmar
Hong Kong
India
Kazakhstan
Nepal
North Korea
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Macau
Mongolia
Pakistan
Russia
Tajikistan
Vietnam
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Unitary one-party socialist republic
RELIGION
Folk religion & Buddhism, majority; unaffiliated widespread
LIFE EXPECTANCY
78 years
HDI
0.788 — High (rank 75)
LANGUAGES
Standard Chinese (Mandarin)OFFICIAL
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Manufacturing & electronics
Steel
Automotive
Textiles
Technology
TOP EXPORTS
Electronics
Machinery
Textiles & apparel
Furniture
TOP IMPORTS
Crude petroleum
Semiconductors
Iron ore
Machinery
LAND USE
Agricultural, 15%
Forest, 23%
Other, 62%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
822M
1970
981M
1980
1135M
1990
1264M
2000
1338M
2010
1412M
2020
1409M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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