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China
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- currency: Chinese yuan
- capital city: Beijing
- region: Eastern Asia
- continent: Asia
- land area: 9,388,210 km²
- population: 1,412,360,000 people
- political leader: Xi Jinping (General Secretary of the Communist Party)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [35°0′N, 105°0′E]
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Summary
China is a country. The capital city is Beijing, located in the Eastern Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 9,388,210 km², a population of 1,412,360,000 people and uses the currency Chinese yuan. The General Secretary of the Communist Party is Xi Jinping.
Environment
- Agricultural land: 5,206,950.00 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 5.11 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 12,717.66 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
- Electricity production from coal sources: 70.31 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 2.49 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 19.07 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 2.34 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 0.17 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 4.86 % of total
- Net energy imports: 15.02 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 1.16 births per woman
- Forest area: 2,218,577 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 87.67 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 15,610.37 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 34.00
- Methane emissions: 2,059.67 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 392.37 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 691,219,627 people
- Male population: 721,140,373 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 15.20 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 8,723,723.06 km²
- Rural population: 529,465,517 people
- Urban land area: 522,345.19 km²
- Urban population: 882,894,483 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 4.35 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in China by population
Cities in China
Evolution of historical fertility rate in China
China relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time
China relationship between median age and fertility rate over time
Evolution of historical forest area in China
China relationship between rural land area and forest area over time
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in China
China relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in China
China relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
China relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Evolution of historical land area in China
Evolution of historical median age in China
Evolution of historical methane emissions in China
China relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time
China relationship between population and methane emissions over time
China relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time
China relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time
China relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time
China relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in China
China relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
China relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time
China relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time
China relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Evolution of historical population in China
China relationship between urban land area and population over time
Evolution of historical female population in China
Evolution of historical male population in China
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in China
Evolution of historical rural land area in China
Evolution of historical rural population in China
China relationship between urban land area and rural population over time
Evolution of historical urban land area in China
China relationship between urban population and urban land area over time
Evolution of historical urban population in China
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in China
China relationship between date and population over time
China relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical agricultural land in China
China relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time
China relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in China
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in China
China relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
China relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
China relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
China relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
China relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical access to electricity in China
China relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time
China relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time
China relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time
Distribution of sites in China by inscription year
China relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time
China relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time
China relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in China
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in China
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in China
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in China
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in China
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in China
Evolution of historical net energy imports in China
Geographical distribution of sites in China by area
Sites in China
Proportion of transboundary sites in China
Geographical distribution of wildfires in China by mean width
Wildfires in China
Relationship between width mean and length mean in China
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 2,535,000 people
- Democracy score: 3.32
- Democracy type: Authoritarian
- Individuals using the internet: 73.05 % of population
- Military expenditure: 1.61 % of GDP
- Net migration: -200,194 people
- Press freedom: 0.99
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.94 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in China
China relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time
China relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time
China relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time
China relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time
China relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time
China relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time
China relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in China
Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in China
Evolution of historical military expenditure in China
Evolution of historical net migration in China
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in China
Political parties in China
Distribution of politicians from China by birth year
Proportion of politicians per gender in China
Politicians from China
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Business
- Gdp: 17,820,459,508,852.20 current US$
- Inflation: 0.98 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 46.18 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 7.97 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 4.55 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 42.19 % of total employment
Proportion of revenue types by company in China
Distribution of companies founded in China by year
Proportion of CEOs per gender in China
Companies from China
Proportion of employee types in companies from China
Evolution of historical central government debt in China
Evolution of historical expense in China
Evolution of historical GDP in China
China relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time
Evolution of historical inflation in China
Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in China
China relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time
Evolution of historical tax revenue in China
Evolution of historical unemployment in China
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in China
Exchanges in China
Proportion of shops per country in China
Shops in China
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Health
- Birth rate: 7.52 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 7.18 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 670.51 current US$
- Health expenditure: 5.38 % of GDP
- Hospital beds: 5.00 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 78
- Suicide mortality rate: 8.10 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical death rate in China
Evolution of historical birth rate in China
China relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time
China relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time
China relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time
China relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time
China relationship between median age and birth rate over time
China relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time
Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in China
Evolution of historical health expenditure in China
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in China
Evolution of historical hospital beds in China
Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in China
China relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time
China relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time
Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in China
Diseases in China
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in China
Proportion of diseases in China by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in China by start date
Evolution of historical cases in China
Evolution of historical deaths in China
Relationship between deaths and cases over time in China
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from China by birth year
Proportion of athletes per gender in China
Athletes from China
Proportion of competitions per city in China
Competitions in China
Proportion of competitions per country in China
Distribution of competitions in China by start date
Proportion of medals won by China in the Olympics
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Culture
Artists from China
Distribution of artists from China by birth year
Proportion of artists per gender in China
Geographical distribution of museums in China by visitors
Museums in China
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in China by total students
Distribution of universities in China per foundation year
Universities in China
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There are 7508 books written about China in the database
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