China Population Pyramid 1998

China
1998
Population: 1,250,847,126

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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China in 1998

In 1998, China had a total population of 1,250,847,126 people. That is 12.2% more than in 1988, when the population stood at 1,115,244,166. With a median age of 28.8 years, China had a youth dependency ratio of 38.0 and an old-age dependency ratio of 9.8 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is stationary: cohort sizes are roughly even through the younger ages, reflecting fertility close to replacement level and slow population change.

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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