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COUNTRY FACTS

 

Population:

1,232,083,000 (2000)

 

Location:

Eastern and Southern Asia, bordering Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma (Myanmar), India, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam.

 

Area:

9,596,961 sq km

 

Language:

Chinese (official), various minority languages

 

Literacy:

78% (by definition, total population age 15 or older)

 

Compulsory Education:

Minimum age 15

 

Currency:

Yuan

 

Source: UNESCO IBE Database and World Fact Book, CIA

This country profile was developed by WES with funding from the Government of Ontario.

Revised: 05/06/2004
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