China in the World

China holds many of the World records as a nation, some of the statistics in the following table may surprise you.

Country	Population	Area	Life Expectancy	GNP	Growth	Farming	Industry	Services
China	1,312,000,000	9,326	72	3,280	11.9%	3%	22%	75%
Australia	21,000,000	7,682	81	822	4.5%	4%	21%	21%
Brazil	189,000,000	8,456	72	1,314	5.4%	21%	21%	58%
Canada	33,000,000	9,221	80	1,326	2.7%	3%	22%	75%
France	61,000,000	550	81	2,562	2.2%	30%	20%	50%
Germany	82,000,000	349	79	3,297	2.5%	2%	30%	68%
India	1,110,000,000	2,973	64	1,171	9.0%	44%	18%	38%
Indonesia	223,000,000	1,812	68	433	6.3%	25%	30%	45%
Italy	59,000,000	294	81	2,107	1.5%	4%	28%	66%
Japan	128,000,000	376	82	4,377	2.1%	32%	18%	50%
Philippines	86,000,000	300	72	144	7.3%	17%	29%	53%
Russia	143,000,000	16,888	66	1,291	8.1%	0%	30%	70%
South Africa	47,000,000	1,221	51	278	4.8%	10%	25%	65%
Turkey	73,000,000	770	71	657	4.5%	43%	20%	37%
United Kingdom	61,000,000	242	79	2,728	3%	30%	25%	46%
United States	299,000,000	9,159	78	13,811	2.2%	19%	24%	56%

China has the highest population of any country and the second largest land area. It has the two highest mountains in the World (Everest and K2) and the second deepest depression (Tarim). It has the third longest river (the Yangzi or Yangtse or Chiangjiang) and the fourth (the Huang He or Yellow River). It shares the top position with Russia for the largest number of neighbouring countries on land, running around from NE to SW these are : Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam.

Notes

Province population 2007; Ethnicity 2000;
Population as counted in 2006; Area is Land Area in 1,000 km²; Life expectancy at birth 2006; Gross National Product in US$ billions 2007; Annual growth in GNP 2007; Employment sector percentages 2005
Some books and web sites give the USA a larger area than China, this depends on whether you count the area taken up by Lakes (particularly half of the Great Lakes) the figures used are the more generally useful 'Land Area'