World Summary --- China

Summary information

Names
ISO3-Code	CHN
Continent	Asia
Country Name	China
Administrative
Admin Level Used	2
Level1 Type	Province
Level2 Type	County
Number of Units	2445
Population Estimates
Ref. Year First	1990
Ref. Year Last	1994
Pop '90 (estimated) ('000)	1,150,751
Pop '95 (estimated) ('000)	1,224,454
Pop '90 (UN) ('000)	1,155,305
Pop '95 (UN) ('000)	1,220,516
Difference '90	0.4 %
Difference '95	-0.3 %
Spatial Estimates
Area (sq km)	9,632,940
Resolution (km)	63
PopPerUnit ('000)	499
Resources
Web Site 1	http://www.stats.gov.cn/
Web Site 2	http://www.dgbasey.gov.tw/
Comments	including Taiwan (separate coverage TWN)

Data sources Mainland China coverage and 1990 population data from CIESIN's CHINA COUNTY-LEVEL DATA ON POPULATION (CENSUS) AND AGRICULTURE, KEYED TO 1:1M GIS MAP http://sedac.ciesin.org P95E based on province level growth rates using '94 data from the Global Statistics Web site at: http://www.stats.demon.nl/ Data for Taiwan (90 and 95) from the National Statistical Office, Taipei at: http://www.dgbasey.gov.tw/

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