China’s population groups are diverse and diverse. It is still unclear exactly how many people live in China. In 2011, the BBC country profile estimated that there were 1.3 billion Chinese living in China, in 2013 this was already 1.357 billion. A large proportion of these are older Chinese. China still has a one-child policy. What this does is also indicated here. Everything about China, its population groups and the Chinese themselves.
More and more older Chinese in China
About 20 percent of the 1.3 billion Chinese are younger than 15 years old. The remaining 80 percent is therefore older than 15 years. After 1953, the number of children per woman fell rapidly due to the intensive family planning campaign and social changes. This includes:
- The one-child policy
- The fact that married women also started working
- The expansion of education
Aging China is taking shape
Due to the one-child policy and the decrease in the mortality rate, the aging of the Chinese population will increase rapidly.
Huge cities in China: cities where millions of people live
China is a BRIC country that is growing very quickly economically. As a result, the cities are also growing very quickly, because that is where all those people are going to live to help drive that growth. The cities in China are really gigantic and it is expected that they will only get bigger in the coming years.
Major cities in China
There are many big cities in China. Among them are:
- Beijing with about 17 million inhabitants
- Guangzhou with about 15 million inhabitants
- Shanghai with a record 19 million inhabitants
- Shenshen with 13 million inhabitants
Which population groups live in China?
Different population groups live in China. However, the Han Chinese are in the majority. More than 92 percent of Chinese are Han Chinese. The Han Chinese mainly live in the east of China, where everyone lives very close together. By the way, the word Han Chinese is a collective word for all kinds of different Han peoples, who all have their own language and culture. The Han peoples include, for example:
- The Hakka
- The Tujias
- The Cantonese
Other Chinese population groups
In addition to Han Chinese, there are 55 other groups living in China. These are mainly:
- The Zhuang
- Hui
- Uyghurs or Uighurs
- Ti Mia
- man
- Xizang (Tibetans)
- Menggu (Mongols
Minorities in China: 60 million people
China’s minorities still number around 60 million people. The national minorities were recognized in 1979, but by sending Han Chinese wherever they live, the government hopes for rapid assimilation. The plan is to make non-Chinese areas Chinese very quickly.