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| China 
 |  | Country: | China |  | Internet: | .cn |  | Comment: | see also Taiwan |  | Continent: | Asia |  | Government URL: | http://www.cte.gov.cn/home |  | Area: | 9596960 sq km |  | Population: | 1,313,973,713 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) |  | Population: | 1323635.916 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) |  | Population Men: | 679665.99 |  | Population Women: | 643969.926 |  | Annual Growth Rate: | 0.647 % |  | Birth Rate: | 13.25 % |  | Death Rate: | 6.97 % |  | Life Expectancy: | 72.58 years |  | Infant Mortality Rate: | 23.12 % |  | Fertility Rate: | 1.73 % |  | HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: | 0.1 % |  | HIV AIDS Living With: | 840,000 |  | HIV AIDS Deaths: | 44,000 |  | Labor Force: | 798,000,000 |  | Unemployment Rate: | 4.2 % |  | GDP Per Capita: | $7,600 |  | GDP Purchasing Power: | $10,000,000,000,000 |  | GDP Real Growth: | 10.5 |  | Industrial Growth: | 22.9 |  | Inflation Rate CP: | 1.5 % |  | Investment Gross Fixed: | 44.3 |  | Public Debt: | 22.1 |  | Capital: | Beijing |  | Capital Population: | 10849000 (metro area) / 8689000 (city proper) |  | Capital Coordinates: | 39 56 N, 116 24 E |  | UTC Offset: | 8 |  | Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: | 13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time |  | Merchant Marine: | 1723 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) |  | Waterways: | 123964 km |  | Roadways: | 1870661 km |  | Railways: | 74408 km |  | Airports: | 486 (total paved or unpaved) |  | Internet Users: | 123000000 |  | Internet Hosts: | 232780 |  | Telephones Mobile: | 437,480,000 |  | Telephones Main: | 350433000 |  | Debt External: | $305,600,000,000 |  | Foreign Exchange Reserves: | $1,034,000,000,000 |  | Imports: | $777,900,000,000 |  | Exports: | $974,000,000,000 |  | Current Account Balance: | $179,100,000,000 |  | Natural Gas Reserves: | 2,350,000,000,000 |  | Natural Gas Imports: | 0 |  | Natural Gas Exports: | 2,790,000,000 |  | Natural Gas Consumption: | 47,910,000,000 |  | Natural Gas Production: | 52,880,000,000 |  | Electricity Consumption: | 2,494,000,000,000 |  | Electricity Production: | 2,500,000,000,000 |  | Oil Consumption: | 6,534,000 |  | Oil Exports: | 443,300 |  | Oil Imports: | 3,181,000 |  | Oil Production: | 3,631,000 |  | Oil Reserves: | 16,100,000,000 |  |  Map of China
 
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