Source: The World Factbook
| Population (million) | 1,336.72 [2011] |
| Urban population (%) | 47.00 [2010] |
| Labor force (million) | 780.000 [2010] |
| ICT sector workforce (million) | |
| Median age (years) | 35.5 [2011] |
| GDP (PPP) USD billion | 9,872.00 [2010] |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) USD | 7,400 [2010] |
| Exchange rates (1 USD = ) | 6.785 Renminbi yuan (RMB) [2010] |
| Electricity - consumption (billion kWh) | 3,438.0 [2009] |
| Telecommunication services revenue | |
| Trade in ICT goods | |
| ICT industry Revenue | |
| ICT investment | |
| R&D expenditure by ICT industries | |
| Telephones - main lines (million) | 313.680 [2009] |
| Telephones - mobile cellular (million) | 747.000 [2009] |
| Internet hosts (million) | 15.251 [2010] |
| Internet users (million) | 389.000 [2009] |
| Broadband Users (million) | |
| Fixed Internet subscribers (million) | 111.522 [2009] |
| Broadband subscribers (fixed&mobile) (million) | 116.300 [2009] |
| Business use of broadband | |
| Personal Computers (million) | 74.110 [2006] |
| Households with a home computer (million) |
| Area (sq km) | 9,596,961 |
| Climate | extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north |
| Ethnic groups | Han Chinese 91.5%, Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uighur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Korean, and other nationalities 8.5% (2000 census) |
| Religions | Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2% officially atheist (2002 est.) |
Source: The World Factbook