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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
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.
Location on a map: [35°0′N, 105°0′E]
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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
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Evolution of historical forest area in China
Relationship between forest area and rural land area in China
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in China
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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in China
Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in China
Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in China
Evolution of historical land area in China
Evolution of historical median age in China
Evolution of historical methane emissions in China
Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in China
Relationship between methane emissions and population in China
Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in China
Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in China
Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in China
Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in China
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in China
Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in China
Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in China
Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in China
Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in China
Evolution of historical population in China
Relationship between urban land area and population in China
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
Relationship between rural population and urban land area in China
Evolution of historical urban land area in China
Relationship between urban land area and urban population in China
Evolution of historical urban population in China
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in China
Relationship between population and date in China
Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in China
Evolution of historical agricultural land in China
Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in China
Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in China
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in China
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in China
Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in China
Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in China
Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in China
Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in China
Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in China
Evolution of historical access to electricity in China
Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in China
Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in China
Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in China
Distribution of sites in China by inscription year
Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in China
Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in China
Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in China
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 mean length and mean width of wildfires 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
Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in China
Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in China
Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in China
Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in China
Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in China
Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in China
Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in China
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
Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in China
Evolution of historical inflation in China
Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in China
Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in China
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
Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in China
Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in China
Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in China
Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in China
Relationship between birth rate and median age in China
Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in China
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
Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in China
Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in China
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 cases and deaths 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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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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