China vs Germany statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 83.5M in Germany (ranked 19/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 134,916 sq mi for Germany (ranked 2nd vs. 63rd).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Germany ranks 3/197 ($4.66T). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Germany ranks 18/197 ($55,800).

China and Germany: Comparison Charts

China and Germany economies compared

GDP

China

Germany

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Germany
1960	$59,846,235,025	$84,619,845,881
1961	$50,162,299,350	$96,558,204,043
1962	$47,310,737,754	$105,895,435,234
1963	$50,812,227,919	$112,232,503,744
1964	$59,821,862,703	$123,330,404,665
1965	$70,565,994,356	$134,774,688,191
1966	$76,854,053,259	$143,304,275,684
1967	$73,011,350,596	$145,100,667,773
1968	$70,980,323,819	$156,527,292,653
1969	$79,847,786,729	$177,733,486,326
1970	$92,752,930,873	$216,629,229,947
1971	$99,959,013,880	$250,900,942,397
1972	$113,871,930,714	$300,899,944,795
1973	$138,764,340,892	$399,833,571,167
1974	$144,418,433,058	$446,934,971,657
1975	$163,687,619,736	$492,434,094,920
1976	$154,196,810,059	$521,658,712,133
1977	$175,226,595,860	$602,698,323,086
1978	$149,788,617,886	$743,182,891,918
1979	$178,573,913,043	$884,574,218,333
1980	$191,487,500,000	$953,772,499,462
1981	$196,218,253,968	$803,404,797,058
1982	$205,480,916,031	$779,421,633,755
1983	$231,130,268,199	$773,507,930,295
1984	$260,442,857,143	$727,767,760,979
1985	$310,064,625,850	$735,218,723,093
1986	$301,310,144,928	$1,050,092,624,516
1987	$273,455,156,951	$1,302,932,318,825
1988	$312,888,888,889	$1,406,367,016,372
1989	$348,380,566,802	$1,404,092,925,205
1990	$361,560,229,446	$1,778,162,195,860
1991	$384,510,452,962	$1,875,792,575,133
1992	$428,502,354,788	$2,141,377,582,968
1993	$446,557,291,212	$2,078,954,217,438
1994	$566,929,539,493	$2,215,282,632,277
1995	$738,190,896,228	$2,593,053,091,306
1996	$868,523,936,530	$2,506,576,553,158
1997	$967,753,570,435	$2,218,790,886,533
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$2,247,760,364,566
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$2,213,873,468,587
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$1,966,980,701,145
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$1,966,381,496,642
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$2,102,350,798,306
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$2,534,715,518,349
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$2,852,317,768,062
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$2,893,393,187,362
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$3,046,308,753,671
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$3,484,056,680,855
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$3,808,786,022,313
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$3,479,800,820,863
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$3,468,154,343,000
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$3,824,828,563,521
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$3,597,896,500,945
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$3,808,086,291,482
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$3,965,800,686,310
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$3,423,568,450,957
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$3,537,784,107,981
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$3,763,092,263,753
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$4,052,008,447,224
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$3,957,208,055,216
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$3,940,142,541,354
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$4,348,297,440,388
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$4,163,596,357,879
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$4,525,703,903,628
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$4,659,929,336,891

China and Germany economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Germany

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Germany
1960	$89.7	$1,162
1961	$76	$1,316
1962	$71.1	$1,431
1963	$74.5	$1,502
1964	$85.7	$1,637
1965	$98.7	$1,774
1966	$104.5	$1,871
1967	$96.8	$1,886
1968	$91.6	$2,025
1969	$100.3	$2,281
1970	$113.3	$2,771
1971	$118.8	$3,204
1972	$132.1	$3,824
1973	$157.3	$5,065
1974	$160.4	$5,660
1975	$178.6	$6,259
1976	$165.7	$6,659
1977	$185.7	$7,711
1978	$156.7	$9,517
1979	$184.3	$11,322
1980	$195.1	$12,183
1981	$197.4	$10,246
1982	$203.7	$9,950
1983	$225.9	$9,900
1984	$251.2	$9,347
1985	$295	$9,464
1986	$282.4	$13,511
1987	$252.3	$16,739
1988	$284	$17,997
1989	$311	$17,829
1990	$319	$22,386
1991	$334	$23,443
1992	$368	$26,560
1993	$379	$25,617
1994	$476	$27,202
1995	$613	$31,747
1996	$713	$30,600
1997	$787	$27,047
1998	$835	$27,396
1999	$881	$26,965
2000	$969	$23,926
2001	$1,065	$23,878
2002	$1,164	$25,487
2003	$1,307	$30,711
2004	$1,531	$34,567
2005	$1,778	$35,084
2006	$2,129	$36,980
2007	$2,735	$42,351
2008	$3,523	$46,386
2009	$3,898	$42,487
2010	$4,629	$42,410
2011	$5,704	$47,647
2012	$6,405	$44,736
2013	$7,147	$47,220
2014	$7,781	$48,971
2015	$8,175	$41,911
2016	$8,255	$42,961
2017	$8,980	$45,527
2018	$10,086	$48,875
2019	$10,343	$47,624
2020	$10,627	$47,380
2021	$12,887	$52,266
2022	$12,971	$49,686
2023	$12,951	$53,940
2024	$13,303	$55,800

China vs. Germany life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Germany

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Germany
1950	43.8	66.8
1951	44.6	67.1
1952	45.3	67.5
1953	45.9	67.8
1954	46.8	68.1
1955	47.2	68.3
1956	47.8	68.6
1957	48.4	68.5
1958	48.8	69.2
1959	40.2	69.3
1960	33.4	69.3
1961	40.2	69.8
1962	51	70
1963	51.7	70.1
1964	52.3	70.6
1965	53	70.6
1966	53.7	70.7
1967	54.4	71
1968	55.2	70.6
1969	56	70.5
1970	56.8	70.7
1971	57.7	70.9
1972	58.6	71.1
1973	59.5	71.4
1974	60.2	71.7
1975	61	71.5
1976	61.2	72
1977	62.5	72.6
1978	63.1	72.6
1979	63.7	72.9
1980	64.2	73.1
1981	64.8	73.3
1982	65.2	73.6
1983	65.7	73.9
1984	66.1	74.4
1985	66.5	74.5
1986	66.9	74.7
1987	67.3	75.1
1988	67.6	75.3
1989	67.9	75.5
1990	68.2	75.3
1991	68.6	75.6
1992	69.1	76
1993	69.5	76.1
1994	69.8	76.4
1995	70.4	76.6
1996	70.8	76.8
1997	71.2	77.2
1998	71.6	77.6
1999	72	77.8
2000	72.3	78.1
2001	72.7	78.4
2002	73	78.5
2003	73.4	78.5
2004	73.7	79.1
2005	74.1	79.3
2006	74.4	79.6
2007	74.8	79.7
2008	74.8	79.8
2009	75.3	79.9
2010	75.7	80.1
2011	75.9	80.4
2012	76.2	80.5
2013	76.5	80.5
2014	76.7	80.9
2015	77	80.6
2016	77.2	80.8
2017	77.2	80.9
2018	77.7	80.9
2019	77.9	81.2
2020	78	81
2021	78.1	81.1
2022	78.2	80.6
2023	78	81.4
2024	78	81.5
2025	78.4	81.7

China and Germany population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Germany

Table

Year	Population
	China	Germany
1960	667,070,000	72,814,900
1961	660,330,000	73,377,632
1962	665,770,000	74,025,784
1963	682,335,000	74,714,353
1964	698,355,000	75,318,337
1965	715,185,000	75,963,695
1966	735,400,000	76,600,311
1967	754,550,000	76,951,336
1968	774,510,000	77,294,314
1969	796,025,000	77,909,682
1970	818,315,000	78,169,289
1971	841,105,000	78,312,842
1972	862,030,000	78,688,452
1973	881,940,000	78,936,666
1974	900,350,000	78,967,433
1975	916,395,000	78,673,554
1976	930,685,000	78,336,950
1977	943,455,000	78,159,814
1978	956,165,000	78,091,820
1979	969,005,000	78,126,350
1980	981,235,000	78,288,576
1981	993,885,000	78,407,907
1982	1,008,630,000	78,333,366
1983	1,023,310,000	78,128,282
1984	1,036,825,000	77,858,685
1985	1,051,040,000	77,684,873
1986	1,066,790,000	77,720,436
1987	1,084,035,000	77,839,920
1988	1,101,630,000	78,144,619
1989	1,118,650,000	78,751,283
1990	1,135,185,000	79,433,029
1991	1,150,780,000	80,013,896
1992	1,164,970,000	80,624,598
1993	1,178,440,000	81,156,363
1994	1,191,835,000	81,438,348
1995	1,204,855,000	81,678,051
1996	1,217,550,000	81,914,831
1997	1,230,075,000	82,034,771
1998	1,241,935,000	82,047,195
1999	1,252,735,000	82,100,243
2000	1,262,645,000	82,211,508
2001	1,271,850,000	82,349,925
2002	1,280,400,000	82,488,495
2003	1,288,400,000	82,534,176
2004	1,296,075,000	82,516,260
2005	1,303,720,000	82,469,422
2006	1,311,020,000	82,376,451
2007	1,317,885,000	82,266,372
2008	1,324,655,000	82,110,097
2009	1,331,260,000	81,902,307
2010	1,337,705,000	81,776,930
2011	1,345,035,000	80,274,983
2012	1,354,190,000	80,425,823
2013	1,363,240,000	80,645,605
2014	1,371,860,000	80,982,500
2015	1,379,860,000	81,686,611
2016	1,387,790,000	82,348,669
2017	1,396,215,000	82,657,002
2018	1,402,760,000	82,905,782
2019	1,407,745,000	83,092,962
2020	1,411,100,000	83,160,871
2021	1,412,360,000	83,196,078
2022	1,412,175,000	83,797,985
2023	1,410,710,000	83,901,923
2024	1,408,975,000	83,510,950

Fertility rates in China and Germany

Fertility rate

China

Germany

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Germany
1960	4.45	2.37
1961	3.86	2.45
1962	6.09	2.44
1963	7.51	2.51
1964	6.67	2.54
1965	6.61	2.5
1966	6.31	2.53
1967	5.81	2.48
1968	6.51	2.38
1969	6.18	2.21
1970	6.09	2.03
1971	5.52	1.92
1972	5.11	1.71
1973	4.73	1.54
1974	4.17	1.51
1975	3.57	1.45
1976	3.24	1.45
1977	2.84	1.4
1978	2.72	1.38
1979	2.75	1.38
1980	2.74	1.44
1981	2.79	1.43
1982	2.97	1.41
1983	2.56	1.33
1984	2.61	1.29
1985	2.63	1.37
1986	2.72	1.43
1987	2.76	1.43
1988	2.54	1.46
1989	2.52	1.42
1990	2.51	1.45
1991	1.93	1.33
1992	1.78	1.29
1993	1.69	1.28
1994	1.63	1.24
1995	1.59	1.25
1996	1.55	1.3
1997	1.53	1.35
1998	1.52	1.36
1999	1.53	1.36
2000	1.63	1.38
2001	1.56	1.35
2002	1.57	1.34
2003	1.57	1.34
2004	1.61	1.36
2005	1.62	1.34
2006	1.64	1.33
2007	1.67	1.37
2008	1.7	1.38
2009	1.71	1.36
2010	1.69	1.39
2011	1.67	1.39
2012	1.8	1.41
2013	1.71	1.42
2014	1.77	1.47
2015	1.67	1.5
2016	1.77	1.6
2017	1.8	1.57
2018	1.54	1.57
2019	1.5	1.54
2020	1.24	1.53
2021	1.12	1.58
2022	1.03	1.46
2023	1	1.39

China and Germany demographics compared

Median age

China

Germany

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Germany
1960	20.9	34.7
1961	21.1	34.7
1962	21	34.7
1963	20.4	34.6
1964	19.9	34.5
1965	19.6	34.4
1966	19.3	34.4
1967	19.2	34.3
1968	19.2	34.2
1969	19.1	34.1
1970	19.1	34.3
1971	19.2	34.4
1972	19.3	34.6
1973	19.5	34.7
1974	19.7	35
1975	20.1	35.5
1976	20.4	35.8
1977	20.8	36.1
1978	21.2	36.3
1979	21.4	36.4
1980	21.6	36.5
1981	21.8	36.5
1982	22.1	36.6
1983	22.6	36.7
1984	23	37
1985	23.2	37.1
1986	23.4	37.2
1987	23.6	37.4
1988	23.9	37.6
1989	24.4	37.6
1990	24.7	37.6
1991	25.1	37.7
1992	25.6	37.8
1993	26.1	37.9
1994	26.6	38.1
1995	27.2	38.4
1996	27.8	38.6
1997	28.3	38.9
1998	28.8	39.3
1999	29.4	39.7
2000	30	40
2001	30.5	40.4
2002	31.1	40.8
2003	31.6	41.2
2004	32.1	41.6
2005	32.6	42
2006	33.1	42.5
2007	33.7	43.1
2008	34.2	43.5
2009	34.7	43.9
2010	35.1	44.2
2011	35.5	44.6
2012	35.7	45.1
2013	36	45.5
2014	36.3	45.7
2015	36.7	45.7
2016	37.1	45.7
2017	37.4	45.8
2018	37.7	45.8
2019	38.1	45.8
2020	38.5	45.8
2021	39	45.9
2022	39.6	46
2023	40.1	46.2
2024	40.6	46.3

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