China Population Pyramid 1979

China
1979
Population: 969,288,069

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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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China in 1979

The population of China in 1979 was 969,288,069. A decade earlier, in 1969, the population was 802,140,332; it has grown by 20.8% since. The median age was 21.4 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 63.6 children under 15 and 7.3 people aged 65 or over. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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