China
Area: total: 9,596,960 sq km
Natural resources: coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential
Land use: arable land: 10%, permanent crops: 0%, permanent pastures: 43%, forests and woodland: 14%, other: 33%
Ethnic groups: Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%
Religions: Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1%
Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects
GDP: purchasing power parity - $4.5 trillion
GDP - real growth rate: 8%
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $3,600
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 15%, Industry: 50%, services: 35%
Industries: iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles and apparel, petroleum, cement, chemical fertilizers, footwear, toys, food processing, automobiles, consumer electronics, telecommunications
Exports: $232 billion
Exports - commodities: machinery and equipment; textiles and clothing, footwear, toys and sporting goods; mineral fuels
Exports - partners: US 21%, Hong Kong 18%, Japan 17%, South Korea,
Germany, Netherlands, UK, Singapore, Taiwan
Imports: $197 billion
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, plastics, iron and steel, chemicals
Imports - partners: Japan 18%, Taiwan 11%, US 10%, South Korea 10%, Germany, Hong Kong, Russia, Malaysia
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China’s foreign exchange reserves, the second-largest in the world after Japan’s, hit $711 billion at the end of June, up 51.1 per cent from a year ago, official data showed on Thursday. This reflected an increase of $20 billion in June alone, $8 billion more than in the same month last year, the People’s Bank of China said in a statement on its website.
The country added a total of $101 billion in foreign exchange reserves during the first half of this year, the central bank said.
That compared with a $67.3 billion increase in foreign exchange reserves recorded in the same period of last year, the bank said
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Economics Data Countries, call data are estimated
Countries Population
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Canada 32 Ml
Pakistan 160 Ml
Iran 70 Ml
Turkey 71 Ml
Bangladesh 147 Ml
China 1,300 Ml
Egypt 75 Ml
India 1,050 Ml
Malaysia 25 Ml
Indonesia 220 Ml
Kenya 32 Ml
Sri Lanka 19 Ml
Tanzania 37 Ml
Afghanistan 24 Ml
Azerbaijan 9 Ml
Kazakhstan 16 Ml
Kyrgyzstan 5 Ml
Tajikistan 6 Ml
Turkmenistan 5 Ml
Uzbekistan 25Ml
Average Annual Income
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Canada 21,930
Pakistan 652
Iran 1,680
Turkey 2,580
Bangladesh 380
China 890
Egypt 1,530
India 460
Malaysia 3,330
Indonesia 690
Kenya 350
Nigeria 290
Sri Lanka 880
Tanzania 270
Azerbaijan 650
Kazakhstan 1,350
Kyrgyzstan 280
Tajikistan 180
Turkmenistan 950
Uzbekistan 610
PPP Purchasing Power Parity
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Canada 29,400
Pakistan 2,100
Iran 7,000
Turkey 7,000
Bangladesh 1,800
China 4,400
Egypt 4,000
India 2,540
Malaysia 9,300
Export
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Canada 260 bl
Pakistan 14 bl
Iran 25 bl
Turkey 76 bl
Bangladesh 6 bl
China 326 bl
Egypt 7 bl
India 62 bl
Malaysia 95 bl
Import
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Canada 229 bl
Pakistan 18 bl
Iran 22 bl
Turkey 82 bl
Bangladesh 9 bl
China 296 bl
Egypt 15 bl
India 54 bl
Malaysia 77 bl
GDP
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Canada 923 bl
Pakistan 311 bl
Iran 450 bl
Turkey 468 bl
Bangladesh 238 bl
China 5,700 bl
Egypt 290 bl
India 2,660 bl
Malaysia 210 bl
Gdp Growth
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Canada 3.40%
Pakistan 8.35%
Iran 6.50%
Turkey 8.9%
Bangladesh 4.80%
China 9.70%
Egypt 3.20%
India 7.50%
Malaysia 4.20%
Power
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Canada 557 bl kwh
Pakistan 67 bl kwh
Iran 125 bl kwh
Turkey 117 bl kwh
Bangladesh 16 bl kwh
China 1,312 bl kwh
Egypt 75 bl kwh
India 554 bl kwh
Malaysia 69 bl kwh
Oil Production bbb per day
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Canada 2,738,000
Pakistan 62,870
Iran 3,840,000
Turkey 48,000
Bangladesh 3,581
China 3,300,000
Egypt
India 732,400
Malaysia 729,200
Oil consumation bbb per day
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Canada 1,703,000
Pakistan 365,000
Iran 1,277,000
Turkey 619,500
Bangladesh 71,000
China 4,975,000
Egypt
India 2,130,000
Malaysia 472,000
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