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Geography
Area (km²)9,833,5179,596,960
ContinentNorth AmericaAsia
Land area (km²)9,147,5939,326,410
Water area (km²)685,924270,550
Land boundaries (km)12,04822,457
Border countries
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • Afghanistan
  • Bhutan
  • Burma
  • India
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Mongolia
  • Nepal
  • North Korea
  • Pakistan
  • Russia
  • Tajikistan
  • Vietnam
Coastline (km)19,92414,500
Mean elevation (m)7601,840
Lowest point (m)-86-154
Highest point (m)6,1908,848
People
Population332,639,1021,394,015,977
Official languages
  • English
  • Standard Chinese or Mandarin
ReligionProtestantBuddhist
Government
Long country nameUnited States of AmericaPeople's Republic of China
Short country nameUnited StatesChina
Long local name-Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo
Short local name-Zhongguo
Government typeConstitutional federal republicCommunist party-led state
CapitalWashington, DCBeijing
Economy
1GDP (PPP) (USD)19,490,000,000,00025,360,000,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)19,490,000,000,00012,010,000,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)2.26.9
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)59,80018,200
Gross national saving (% of GDP)18.945.8
Labor force160,400,000806,700,000
Unemployment rate (%)4.43.9
Population below poverty line (%)15.13.3
Budget revenues (USD)3,315,000,000,0002,553,000,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)3,981,000,000,0003,008,000,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)3.421.87
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)1721.3
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-3.4-3.8
Public debt (% of GDP)78.847
Inflation rate (%)2.11.6
Central bank discount rate (%)0.52.25
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)4.14.35
Stock of narrow money (USD)3,512,000,000,0008,351,000,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)3,512,000,000,0008,351,000,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)21,590,000,000,00027,340,000,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)25,070,000,000,0007,335,000,000,000
Current account balance (USD)-449,100,000,000164,900,000,000
Exports (USD)1,553,000,000,0002,490,000,000,000
Imports (USD)2,361,000,000,0002,140,000,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)123,300,000,0003,236,000,000,000
External debt (USD)17,910,000,000,0001,598,000,000,000
National currencyUS DollarRenminbi yuan
National currency (code)USDRMB
National currency (symbol)$-
National currency rate to USD-7.76



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