China and the Chinese
China: 1.35 billion people Compared with: All Latin America: 590 million All of Europe (including all of Russia and all of Turkey): 857 million
The Most Populous Provinces Guangdong: 104 million –would rank 14th in the world, below the Philippines (106 million) Shandong: 96 million Henan: 94 million –would rank 15th in the world (Ethiopia) Sichuan: 80 million –would rank 19th in the world, below Turkey
Population Density
Regional Differences
Geography
Arable Land
The West
East-West Divide
Urban-Rural Divide
Urbanization China’s urban population exceeded the number of rural dwellers for the first time in history by /4 of Chinese will live in cities by 2034
“floating population” 221 million 160 million rural migrant workers
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Environmental Problems large population economic expansion limited natural resources tension between maximizing economic growth and protecting environment sustainable development human health