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Chinese People

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Population: 559,846 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 16.1% (male 47,853/female 42,019) 15-64 years: 76.2% (male 199,593/female 227,010) 65 years and over: 7.7% (male 20,245/female 23,126) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 35.2 years male: 35.9 years female: 34.6 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.995% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 3.43 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 14.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.14 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.88 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 3.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 84.36 years male: 81.39 years female: 87.47 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 0.91 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA

Nationality: noun: Chinese adjective: Chinese

Ethnic groups: Chinese 94.3%, other 5.7% (includes Macanese - mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry) (2006 census)

Religions: Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none or other 35% (1997 est.)

Languages: Cantonese 85.7%, Hokkien 4%, Mandarin 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 2.7%, English 1.5%, Tagalog 1.3%, other 1.6% (2001 census)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.3% male: 95.3% female: 87.8% (2001 census)