China Population

The total population in China was last recorded at 1344.1 million people in 2011 from 667.1 million in 1960, changing 101 percent during the last 50 years. Population in China is reported by the World Bank. Historically, from 1960 until 2011, China Population averaged 1043.7 Million reaching an all time high of 1344.1 Million in December of 2011 and a record low of 660.3 Million in December of 1961. The population of China represents 19.48 percent of the world´s total population which arguably means that one person in every 5 people on the planet is a resident of China. This page includes a chart with historical data for China Population.

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Population estimates are usually produced by a country´s statistical office or Census Bureau. The Population Census provides the most reliable picture of a country's population because the data is collected at a specified time from the entire population; in contrast to other surveys, in which information is collected from only a small part of the residents. When monthly population estimates are required, the population count is updated by adding births, subtracting deaths, and adding net international migration since the census date.






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