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  • Population...................................................................1,336,718,015 (July 2011 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................0.493% (2011 est.)
  • Birth rate.....................................................12.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
  • Death rate................................................7.03 deaths/1,000 population (2011 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................-0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)
  • Ethnic groups.......Han Chinese 91.5%, Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uyghur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Korean, and other nationalities 8.5% (2000 census)
Country Profile
China: An Emerging Destination for Economic Migration
Ronald Skeldon of the University of Sussex maps out the past and present migration patterns of China — the source of tens of millions of migrants around the globe — and discusses the country's budding status as an immigrant-receiving nation.

China and Africa: Stronger Economic Ties Mean More Migration

China page on the World Migration Map

Cross-Border Human Flows in Northeast Asia

Europe Attracts More Migrants from China
Related Articles

Spotlight: Chinese Immigrants in the United States (2006)

The "Brain Gain" Race Begins with Foreign Students

Brain Drain and Gain: The Case of Taiwan

The Political Importance of Diasporas

Trafficking, Smuggling, and Human Rights

Spotlight: Foreign Born from China in the United States

Spotlight: College-Educated Foreign Born in the US Labor Force

Spotlight: Educational Attainment of the Foreign Born in the United States

United Kingdom: Rising Numbers, Rising Anxieties

Characteristics of the Asian Born in the United States

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Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Afghanistan
Bhutan
Myanmar
Laos
Vietnam
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Hong Kong
Macau
Other Resources

China National Bureau of Statistics
http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/index.htm

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Census and Statistics Department
http://www.info.gov.hk/censtatd

Macau Special Administrative Region Statistics and Census Service
http://www.dsec.gov.mo/

Hong Kong – Immigration Department
http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/home.htm

US Census Bureau International Data Base
www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html

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