Eastern Asia
China
People's Republic of China
Core facts
- Capital
- Beijing
- Population
- 1,408,280,000
- Area
- 9,706,961 km^2
- Country code
- CHN
- Flag emoji
- 🇨🇳
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 145.1 per km^2
- Calling code
- +86
Culture and society
- Languages
- Chinese
- Religions
- Unaffiliated (52.0%), Folk religions (21.0%), Buddhism (18.0%), Christianity (5.0%), Islam (2.0%), Other religions (2.0%)
- Native names
- 中国
- Demonyms (EN)
- Chinese / Chinese
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC+08:00
- Alternative spellings
- CN, Zhōngguó, Zhongguo, Zhonghua, People's Republic of China, 中华人民共和国, Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó
Geography and map
- Continents
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 35.00, 105.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- AFG, BTN, MMR, HKG, IND, KAZ, NPL, PRK, KGZ, LAO, MAC, MNG, PAK, RUS, TJK, VNM
- Border countries count
- 16
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Chinese yuan (¥)
- Top-level domain
- .cn, .中国, .中國, .公司, .网络
- FIFA code
- CHN
- Capital coordinates
- 39.92, 116.38
- Postal code format
- ######
- Gini index
- 38.5 (2016)
- Coat of arms
