Population Information

Population: 1,298,847,624

Population Growth Rate: 0.57%

Infant mortality rate: 25.28 deaths/1,000 live births

Economic Information

Gross Domestic Product: $6.449 trillion

GDP growth rate: 9.1%

GDP per capita: $5,000

Unemployment rate: 10.1% urban unemployment roughly 10%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas

Estimated underemployment:

Population below poverty line: 10%

Main export products:machinery and equipment, textiles and clothing, footwear, toys and sporting goods, mineral fuels

Main import countries: Japan 18%, Taiwan 11.9%, South Korea 10.4%, US 8.2%, Germany 5.9%

Debt: $197.8 billion (External)
30.1% of GDP (Public)

In 2002 China's gross domestic product (GDP) was $1,266.1 billion. The size of the country's economy, which is comparable to that of Canada($714 billion), makes China a significant economic power; despite this, it remains a low-income, developing country because it must support a huge population of more than 1.2 billion.