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II. Population

Total population: 5.54 million (2008)

Population growth rate: 8.35‰ (2008)

Ethnicity:

Qinghai is a multi-ethnic province inhabited by 44 ethnic groups. Besides the Han, China’s majority, there are the Tibetan, Hui, Tu, Salar, and Mongol ethnic groups. Minority people account for 44 percent of the province’s total population.

Literacy:

Primary-school graduates: 1.42 million (male: 820,000; female: 600,000)

Junior-middle-school graduates: 810,000 (male: 505,000; female: 305,000)

Senior-middle-school graduates: 335,000 (male: 175,000; female: 160,000)

University and college graduates: 140,000 (male: 84,000; female: 56,000)

Total population of age 15 and over who are illiterate or semi-illiterate: 1.55 million (male: 560,000; female: 990,000).

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