Human Geography of China

Question 1

Describe the population distribution of China

Answer 1

1. Most people live in the Eastern half of China
2. Great numbers are found along the coast
3. Few people live in the far north or west of the country

Question 2

What is China’s population?

Answer 2

1.4 billion people

Question 3

Is China’s population expected to continue growing?

Answer 3

The population is estimated to grow at increasingly slower rates until 2030, at which point the population is anticipated to begin to decrease.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/china-population-shrink-60-years-world/

Question 4

Which country has the largest population in the world?

Answer 4

China

Question 5

What is the average life expectancy in China?

Answer 5

77.1 years

Question 6

On average how many children are women having in China?

Answer 6

China’s total fertility rate (births per woman) was 2.6 in the late 1980s – well above the 2.1 needed to replace deaths. It has been between 1.6 and 1.7 since 1994, and slipped to 1.3 in 2020 and just 1.15 in 2021.

Question 7

What percentage of Chinese population live in urban areas?

Answer 7

64.7%

Question 8

What is the average number of people per household in China?

Answer 8

2.6 people

Question 9

What percentage of Chinese people will be over the age of 60 by 2030?

Answer 9

25% of the Chinese population

Question 10

What is the capital of China?

Answer 10

Beijing

Question 11

What are the top three most populated cities in China?

Answer 11

1) Beijing
2) Shanghai
3) Guangzhou

Question 12

What is a megacity?

Answer 12

A very large city, typically with a population of over ten million people

Question 13

What country will surpass China and become the most populated country in the world?

Answer 13

India
By 2026, both India and China are estimated to have 1.46 billion residents each, but India will start to take 1st place with a growth continuing until 2060, while China’s population is expected to decline after 2030.

Question 14

What does this population pyramid tell you about the age of China’s population?

Answer 14

-Number of male and female people is quite even
-More people aged between 30 and 50

Question 15

What percentage of the world’s population lives in China?

Answer 15

About 18% of the world’s population lives in China.

Question 16

Explain where most people in China live and why do they live there

Answer 16

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Question 17

What are pull factors?

Answer 17

Pull factors “pull” people to a new home and include things like better opportunities. The reasons people migrate are usually economic, political, cultural, or environmental.

Question 18

What are push factors?

Answer 18

Push factors “push” people away from their home and include things like war. Pull factors “pull” people to a new home and include things like better opportunities. The reasons people migrate are usually economic, political, cultural, or environmental.

Question 19

What is rural to urban migration?

Answer 19

Rural-urban migration is both a socioeconomic phenomenon and a spatial process involving the movement of people from rural areas into cities, either permanently or semipermanently. At present, it occurs mainly in developing countries as they undergo rapid urbanization

Question 20

What is the major language in China?

Answer 20

Mandarin Chinese

Question 21

What are the major religions in China?

Answer 21

The major religions are Buddhism (16.6 per cent), Christianity (7.4 per cent), Islam (1.8 per cent) and Taoism (0.4 per cent).