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China

  • President:Xi Jinping
  • Premier:Li Keqiang
  • Capital city:Beijing
  • Languages:Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official; Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry) note: Zhuang is official in Guangxi Zhuang, Yue is official in Guangdong, Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uighur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, Kyrgyz is official in Xinjiang Uygur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet)
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:1,386,395,000 (2017)
  • Area, sq km:9,388,211 (2017)
  • GDP per capita, US$:8,827 (2017)
  • GDP, billion current US$:12,237.7 (2017)
  • GINI index:42.2 (2012)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:78 (2017)

All datasets: H
  • H
    • August 2018
      Source: United Nations Development Programme
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 20 December, 2018
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      The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of achievements in three key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living. The HDI is the geometric mean of normalized indices for each of the the three dimensions.

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