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Sex ratio by country for the population below age 15. Blue represents more boys, red more girls than the world average of 1.07 males/female. Sex ratio by country for total population. Blue represents more men and boys, red more women and girls than the world average of 1.01 males/female. Sex ratio by country for the over-65 population.
Throughout China's history, its relative lack of arable land has been a challenge. [42] China has about 22% of the world population, but must feed it with only 9% of the world's arable land. [42] China's water resources are likewise limited, as it has only 6% of the world's water supply. [42]
The traditional trade in coffin wood with China and cultivation of the opium poppy – not prohibited in Vietnam until 1993 – long guaranteed a regular cash income. Today, cash cropping is the main economic activity. As in China and Laos, Hmong participate to a certain degree in local and regional administration. [88]
The Hindu population around the world as of 2020 is about 1.2 billion, making it the world's third-largest religion after Christianity and Islam, of which nearly 1.1 billion Hindus live in India. [7] [8] India contains 94% of the global Hindu population. [9] [10] According to a statistical study, an estimated 100 million Hindus live outside of ...
The total population in 2004 was 14.213 million. [158] The population gains are driven largely by migration. The population's rate of natural increase in 2013 was a mere 0.441%, based on a birth rate of 8.93 and a mortality rate of 4.52. [146] The gender balance was 51.6% males and 48.4% females. [146]
Loans to China were suspended by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and foreign governments; [293] China's credit rating was lowered; [292] tourism revenue decreased from US$2.2 billion to US$1.8 billion; and foreign direct investment commitments were canceled. However, there was a rise in government defense spending from 8.6% in 1986, to ...
China, [i] officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), [j] is a country in East Asia.With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the world's second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population.
The United Nations Population Fund designated 12 October 1999 as the approximate day on which world population reached 6 billion. This was about 12 years after the world population reached 5 billion in 1987, and six years after the world population reached 5.5 billion in 1993.