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  • President:Xi Jinping
  • Premier:Li Qiang
  • Capital city:Beijing
  • Languages:Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official; Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry) note: Zhuang is official in Guangxi Zhuang, Yue is official in Guangdong, Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uighur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, Kyrgyz is official in Xinjiang Uygur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet)
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:1,417,733,636 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:9,388,210
  • GDP per capita, US$:12,614 (2023)
  • GDP, billion current US$:17,794.8 (2023)
  • GINI index:35.7 (2021)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:32

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    • Poverty and Inequity Database
      March 2025
      Source: World Bank
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 26 March, 2025
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      The World Bank updated the global poverty lines in September 2022. The Poverty data are now expressed in 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) prices, versus 2011 PPP in previous editions. The new global poverty lines of $2.15, $3.65, and $6.85 reflect the typical national poverty lines of low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-income countries in 2017 prices.