Economy
| Budget Expenditures
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$47.07 billion (2011 est.)
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| Budget revenues
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$55.64 billion (2012 est.)
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| Debt - external
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$903.20 billion (2011 est.)
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| Distribution Of Family Income - GINI Index
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53.3% (2007 )
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| Electricity Consumption
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43.14 billion kWh (2011 est.)
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| Electricity Exports
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2.75 billion kWh (2011 est.)
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| Electricity Imports
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10.75 billion kWh (2011 est.)
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| Electricity Production
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41.22 billion kWh (2011 est.)
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| Exports
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$438.00 billion (2011 est.)
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| GDP - purchasing power parity
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$351.50 billion (2011 est.)
Note: data are in 2011 US dollars |
| GDP - real growth rate
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5% (2011 est.)
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| Imports
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$494.10 billion (2011 est.)
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| Industrial production growth rate
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0.8% (2011 est.)
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| Inflation rate (consumer prices)
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5.3% (2011 est.)
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| Labor force
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3.703 million (2011 est.)
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| Natural Gas Consumption
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3.46 billion cu m (2011 est.)
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| Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (2011 est.)
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| Natural Gas Imports
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3.46 billion cu m (2011 est.)
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| Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2011 est.)
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| Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2012 est.)
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| Oil Consumption
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291.4 thousand bbl/day (2011 est.)
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| Oil Exports
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16.62 thousand bbl/day (2011 est.)
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| Oil Imports
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375 thousand bbl/day (2011 )
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| Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2011 est.)
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| Oil Proved Reserves
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0 bbl (2012 est.)
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| Unemployment rate
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3.4% (2011 est.)
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People
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.1% (2003 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate
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2.9 deaths per 1,000 live births (2012 est.)
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| Population
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7,153,519 (2012 est.)
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| Population growth rate
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0.421% (2012 est.)
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| Total fertility rate
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1.09 children per woman (2012 est.)
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Ethnic Groups:
Chinese 95%, Filipino 1.6%, Indonesian 1.3%, other 2.1% (2006 census)
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Nationality:
noun: Chinese/Hong Konger adjective: Chinese/Hong Kong
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Religions:
eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10%
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Languages:
Chinese (Cantonese) 89.2% (official), other Chinese dialects 6.4%, English 3.2% (official), other 1.2% (2001 census)
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Geography
Location:
Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China |
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Area
| Total: | 1,104 sq. km |
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| Land: | 1,054 sq. km |
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| Water: | 50 sq. km |
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Coastline:
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733 km |
Climate:
subtropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall
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Terrain:
hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north
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Elevation Extremes
| Lowest Point: | South China Sea 0 m |
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| Highest Point: | Tai Mo Shan 958 m |
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Environment - International Agreements:
party to: Marine Dumping (associate member), Ship Pollution (associate member)
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International Organization Participation:
ADB, APEC, BIS, ICC, IHO, IMF, IMO (associate), IOC, ISO (correspondent), ITUC, UNWTO (associate), UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WMO, WTO
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