Date of Independence: 1 October 1949

Date of Admission to the United Nations: 25 October 1971

Geographical Size: 9,326,410 sq km

Population: 1,397,897,720 (July 2021 est.)

Ethnic Make-up:

 Han Chinese 91.6%

  Zhuang 1.3%

  Others 7.1%

Religious Mix:

 Buddhists 18.2%

 Christians 5.1%

 Muslim 1.8%

 Folk Religion 21.9%

 Unaffiliated 52.2%

 Others 1.0%

Form of Government: Communist Party-Led State

System of Law: Civil Law