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Population[edit]
China in 2017, was reported to have a population of 1,379,302,711[1]. In October 2015, China changed the long standing 1979 law that allowed each couple to have "one child". So that there would be enough youth to support the old, the government began to allow couples to have 2 children. With this rule, the birth rate increased to 12.3 births/1,000 population,[1] and the death rate is reported to be 7.8 deaths/ 1,000 population[1]. Established in 2017, the current population growth is at a .41%.[1]
The current infant mortality total rate is 11.8 deaths/1,000 live births[1]. For females the rate is 11.4 deaths/1,000 live births[1], and the males stand at 12.2 deaths/ 1,000 live births[1]. In 2015 it was established that the maternal mortality rate is 27 deaths/ 100,000 live births[1]. For both infant and maternal mortality rates, China stands at 118 in comparison to the world[1].
The people of China are beginning to move from the rural farming areas to the business centered cities. The rate of urbanization from 2015 to 2018 is at a 2.42% annual rate of change[1]. China currently has an urban population of 59.3%[1]. The most populated urban areas are: Shanghai 25.582 million[1], Tianjin 13.215 million[1], Guangdong 12.683 million[1],19.618 million Beijing (capital)[1], 11.908 million Shenzhen[1], 14.838 million Chongqing[1].
The life expectancy at birth for the total population stands at 75.7 years[1]. While men are averaged out at 73.6 years[1], the woman of China are reported to have the life expectancy of 78 years[1].
Age Structure[edit]
Below a 2016 population pyramid illustrates the population age structure throughout China. It can be observed that the youth of China is significantly lower than the working class. However, there is enough people in the working class to support the elders at the time. This can help prove physically the reasoning and push to change the "one child" 1979 law, to two.