1943 in China

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Events in the year 1943 in China . The country had an estimated population of 444,801,000 in the mainland [1] and 6,507,000 in Taiwan. [2] [3]

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  1. Estimate of questionable reliability.
  2. Excluding armed forces.
  3. "Demographic Yearbook 1962" (PDF). United Nations. p. 134.