title: China's population figures: can the contradictions be resolved?
abstract: In recent years, the government of the People's Republic of China has been reporting the country's population as "nearly 800 million." A variety of evidence suggests that this approximation is the best currently available in China, and that it may be some time before further, more accurate, demographic data are produced. The paper presents and discusses alternate population estimates and projections by UN, US, and USSR specialists.
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012106:Research