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The Population of Modern China (1992). pp. 51–57. online; Banister, Judith. "An analysis of recent data on the population of China." Population and Development review (1984) 10#2: 241-271 online. Broadberry, Stephen, Hanhui Guan, and David Daokui Li. "China, Europe, and the great divergence: a study in historical national accounting, 980–1850."
By one estimate, in 2024 China's population stood at about 1.408 billion, down from the 1.412 billion recorded in the 2020 census. [10] According to the 2020 census, 91.11% of the population was Han Chinese, and 8.89% were minorities. China's population growth rate is −0.15%, ranking 159th in the world.
The earliest surviving Chinese maps appeared. The first Chinese star catalogue was compiled. 389 BC: The Zuo Zhuan was published. 386 BC: The city of Handan was founded to serve as the Zhao capital. 381 BC: The Chu prime minister Wu Qi was murdered by nobles at the funeral of its king King Dao of Chu. 376 BC: An died. 375 BC
The population of Europe in 2015 was estimated to be 741 million according to the United Nations, [12] which was slightly less than 11% of the world population. The precise figure depends on the exact definition of the geographic extent of Europe. The population of the European Union (EU) was 509 million as of 2015. [13]
HONG KONG — China said Tuesday that its population declined last year for the first time in six decades, a historic shift with profound implications for the world’s second-largest economy ...
Population density map of the People's Republic of China (2000) The 2020 Chinese census recorded the population as approximately 1,411,778,724. About 17.95% were 14 years old or younger, 63.35% were between 15 and 59 years old, and 18.7% were over 60 years old. [ 427 ]
UN estimates (as of 2017) for world population by continent in 2000 and in 2050 (pie chart size to scale) Asia Africa Europe Central/South America North America Oceania. Population estimates for world regions based on Maddison (2007), [29] in millions. The row showing total world population includes the average growth rate per year over the ...
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