China vs Italy statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 59M in Italy (ranked 25/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 114,178 sq mi for Italy (ranked 2nd vs. 72nd).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Italy ranks 8/197 ($2.37T). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Italy ranks 29/197 ($40,226).

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China and Italy economies compared

GDP

China

Italy

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Italy
1960	$59,846,235,025	$42,012,422,612
1961	$50,162,299,350	$46,649,487,320
1962	$47,310,737,754	$52,413,872,628
1963	$50,812,227,919	$60,035,924,618
1964	$59,821,862,703	$65,720,771,779
1965	$70,565,994,356	$70,717,012,186
1966	$76,854,053,259	$76,622,444,787
1967	$73,011,350,596	$84,401,995,573
1968	$70,980,323,819	$91,485,448,148
1969	$79,847,786,729	$100,996,667,239
1970	$92,752,930,873	$113,656,669,765
1971	$99,959,013,880	$124,959,712,859
1972	$113,871,930,714	$145,594,833,997
1973	$138,764,340,892	$175,896,529,392
1974	$144,418,433,058	$200,024,444,775
1975	$163,687,619,736	$228,220,643,535
1976	$154,196,810,059	$225,235,205,862
1977	$175,226,595,860	$258,190,019,750
1978	$149,788,617,886	$315,784,469,541
1979	$178,573,913,043	$394,584,507,108
1980	$191,487,500,000	$478,356,755,596
1981	$196,218,253,968	$431,695,533,981
1982	$205,480,916,031	$428,257,421,618
1983	$231,130,268,199	$444,063,496,940
1984	$260,442,857,143	$438,896,930,791
1985	$310,064,625,850	$453,259,761,687
1986	$301,310,144,928	$641,862,313,287
1987	$273,455,156,951	$807,570,134,449
1988	$312,888,888,889	$893,663,934,841
1989	$348,380,566,802	$930,801,709,004
1990	$361,560,229,446	$1,183,945,130,899
1991	$384,510,452,962	$1,249,092,439,519
1992	$428,502,354,788	$1,323,204,350,354
1993	$446,557,291,212	$1,067,412,587,671
1994	$566,929,539,493	$1,101,750,159,702
1995	$738,190,896,228	$1,177,369,428,266
1996	$868,523,936,530	$1,314,776,508,972
1997	$967,753,570,435	$1,244,988,176,444
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$1,272,729,786,997
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$1,255,004,736,464
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$1,149,661,363,439
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$1,172,041,488,806
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$1,281,746,271,196
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$1,582,930,016,539
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$1,812,808,753,295
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$1,864,982,261,287
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$1,958,563,654,386
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$2,222,524,108,128
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$2,417,508,414,187
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$2,209,484,319,013
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$2,144,936,254,535
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$2,306,974,020,278
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$2,097,929,495,122
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$2,153,225,581,941
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$2,173,255,507,986
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$1,845,428,048,839
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$1,887,111,188,177
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$1,970,720,904,585
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$2,099,435,266,459
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$2,019,606,796,584
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$1,907,481,094,079
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$2,179,207,773,596
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$2,104,067,630,319
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$2,304,605,139,863
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$2,372,774,547,793

China and Italy economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Italy

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Italy
1960	$89.7	$837
1961	$76	$923
1962	$71.1	$1,030
1963	$74.5	$1,171
1964	$85.7	$1,272
1965	$98.7	$1,357
1966	$104.5	$1,459
1967	$96.8	$1,595
1968	$91.6	$1,718
1969	$100.3	$1,886
1970	$113.3	$2,112
1971	$118.8	$2,311
1972	$132.1	$2,677
1973	$157.3	$3,213
1974	$160.4	$3,629
1975	$178.6	$4,116
1976	$165.7	$4,042
1977	$185.7	$4,614
1978	$156.7	$5,623
1979	$184.3	$7,006
1980	$195.1	$8,476
1981	$197.4	$7,640
1982	$203.7	$7,574
1983	$225.9	$7,851
1984	$251.2	$7,758
1985	$295	$8,009
1986	$282.4	$11,341
1987	$252.3	$14,268
1988	$284	$15,781
1989	$311	$16,424
1990	$319	$20,874
1991	$334	$22,007
1992	$368	$23,297
1993	$379	$18,782
1994	$476	$19,382
1995	$613	$20,712
1996	$713	$23,123
1997	$787	$21,884
1998	$835	$22,365
1999	$881	$22,050
2000	$969	$20,190
2001	$1,065	$20,570
2002	$1,164	$22,451
2003	$1,307	$27,578
2004	$1,531	$31,348
2005	$1,778	$32,063
2006	$2,129	$33,537
2007	$2,735	$37,826
2008	$3,523	$40,829
2009	$3,898	$37,100
2010	$4,629	$35,857
2011	$5,704	$38,432
2012	$6,405	$34,854
2013	$7,147	$35,702
2014	$7,781	$36,028
2015	$8,175	$30,640
2016	$8,255	$31,392
2017	$8,980	$32,844
2018	$10,086	$34,904
2019	$10,343	$33,813
2020	$10,627	$32,091
2021	$12,887	$36,853
2022	$12,971	$35,654
2023	$12,951	$39,065
2024	$13,303	$40,226

China vs. Italy life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Italy

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Italy
1950	43.8	65.7
1951	44.6	65.3
1952	45.3	65.9
1953	45.9	66.6
1954	46.8	67.9
1955	47.2	68.3
1956	47.8	67.6
1957	48.4	67.8
1958	48.8	68.9
1959	40.2	69.3
1960	33.4	69.2
1961	40.2	69.8
1962	51	69.2
1963	51.7	69.3
1964	52.3	70.4
1965	53	70.3
1966	53.7	71
1967	54.4	71
1968	55.2	70.9
1969	56	70.9
1970	56.8	71.6
1971	57.7	71.9
1972	58.6	72.1
1973	59.5	72.1
1974	60.2	72.8
1975	61	72.7
1976	61.2	73.1
1977	62.5	73.4
1978	63.1	73.8
1979	63.7	74.1
1980	64.2	74.1
1981	64.8	74.4
1982	65.2	74.9
1983	65.7	74.7
1984	66.1	75.5
1985	66.5	75.6
1986	66.9	75.9
1987	67.3	76.3
1988	67.6	76.5
1989	67.9	76.9
1990	68.2	77
1991	68.6	77
1992	69.1	77.4
1993	69.5	77.7
1994	69.8	77.9
1995	70.4	78.1
1996	70.8	78.4
1997	71.2	78.7
1998	71.6	78.8
1999	72	79.2
2000	72.3	79.6
2001	72.7	79.9
2002	73	80.1
2003	73.4	80.2
2004	73.7	81
2005	74.1	81
2006	74.4	81.4
2007	74.8	81.5
2008	74.8	81.6
2009	75.3	81.8
2010	75.7	82.1
2011	75.9	82.2
2012	76.2	82.3
2013	76.5	82.7
2014	76.7	82.9
2015	77	82.5
2016	77.2	83
2017	77.2	82.7
2018	77.7	83.2
2019	77.9	83.3
2020	78	82.2
2021	78.1	82.9
2022	78.2	82.1
2023	78	83.7
2024	78	83.9
2025	78.4	84

China and Italy population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Italy

Table

Year	Population
	China	Italy
1960	667,070,000	50,199,700
1961	660,330,000	50,536,350
1962	665,770,000	50,879,450
1963	682,335,000	51,252,000
1964	698,355,000	51,675,350
1965	715,185,000	52,112,350
1966	735,400,000	52,519,000
1967	754,550,000	52,900,500
1968	774,510,000	53,235,750
1969	796,025,000	53,537,950
1970	818,315,000	53,821,850
1971	841,105,000	54,073,490
1972	862,030,000	54,381,345
1973	881,940,000	54,751,406
1974	900,350,000	55,110,868
1975	916,395,000	55,441,001
1976	930,685,000	55,718,260
1977	943,455,000	55,955,411
1978	956,165,000	56,155,143
1979	969,005,000	56,317,749
1980	981,235,000	56,433,883
1981	993,885,000	56,501,675
1982	1,008,630,000	56,543,548
1983	1,023,310,000	56,564,074
1984	1,036,825,000	56,576,718
1985	1,051,040,000	56,593,071
1986	1,066,790,000	56,596,155
1987	1,084,035,000	56,601,931
1988	1,101,630,000	56,629,288
1989	1,118,650,000	56,671,781
1990	1,135,185,000	56,719,240
1991	1,150,780,000	56,758,521
1992	1,164,970,000	56,797,087
1993	1,178,440,000	56,831,821
1994	1,191,835,000	56,843,400
1995	1,204,855,000	56,844,303
1996	1,217,550,000	56,860,281
1997	1,230,075,000	56,890,372
1998	1,241,935,000	56,906,744
1999	1,252,735,000	56,916,317
2000	1,262,645,000	56,942,108
2001	1,271,850,000	56,976,981
2002	1,280,400,000	57,089,824
2003	1,288,400,000	57,399,184
2004	1,296,075,000	57,828,179
2005	1,303,720,000	58,166,682
2006	1,311,020,000	58,399,861
2007	1,317,885,000	58,756,247
2008	1,324,655,000	59,211,181
2009	1,331,260,000	59,555,454
2010	1,337,705,000	59,819,407
2011	1,345,035,000	60,026,841
2012	1,354,190,000	60,191,247
2013	1,363,240,000	60,311,613
2014	1,371,860,000	60,320,707
2015	1,379,860,000	60,229,605
2016	1,387,790,000	60,115,223
2017	1,396,215,000	60,002,252
2018	1,402,760,000	60,148,658
2019	1,407,745,000	59,729,081
2020	1,411,100,000	59,438,851
2021	1,412,360,000	59,133,173
2022	1,412,175,000	59,013,667
2023	1,410,710,000	58,993,475
2024	1,408,975,000	58,986,023

Fertility rates in China and Italy

Fertility rate

China

Italy

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Italy
1960	4.45	2.4
1961	3.86	2.44
1962	6.09	2.46
1963	7.51	2.51
1964	6.67	2.66
1965	6.61	2.6
1966	6.31	2.58
1967	5.81	2.5
1968	6.51	2.46
1969	6.18	2.47
1970	6.09	2.38
1971	5.52	2.4
1972	5.11	2.35
1973	4.73	2.3
1974	4.17	2.28
1975	3.57	2.17
1976	3.24	2.04
1977	2.84	1.93
1978	2.72	1.84
1979	2.75	1.73
1980	2.74	1.64
1981	2.79	1.58
1982	2.97	1.56
1983	2.56	1.51
1984	2.61	1.46
1985	2.63	1.42
1986	2.72	1.35
1987	2.76	1.33
1988	2.54	1.36
1989	2.52	1.33
1990	2.51	1.33
1991	1.93	1.3
1992	1.78	1.3
1993	1.69	1.25
1994	1.63	1.21
1995	1.59	1.19
1996	1.55	1.2
1997	1.53	1.22
1998	1.52	1.22
1999	1.53	1.23
2000	1.63	1.26
2001	1.56	1.25
2002	1.57	1.27
2003	1.57	1.29
2004	1.61	1.34
2005	1.62	1.33
2006	1.64	1.37
2007	1.67	1.39
2008	1.7	1.44
2009	1.71	1.44
2010	1.69	1.44
2011	1.67	1.42
2012	1.8	1.42
2013	1.71	1.39
2014	1.77	1.38
2015	1.67	1.36
2016	1.77	1.36
2017	1.8	1.34
2018	1.54	1.31
2019	1.5	1.27
2020	1.24	1.24
2021	1.12	1.25
2022	1.03	1.24
2023	1	1.2

China and Italy demographics compared

Median age

China

Italy

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Italy
1960	20.9	31.6
1961	21.1	31.8
1962	21	32
1963	20.4	32.1
1964	19.9	32.2
1965	19.6	32.3
1966	19.3	32.4
1967	19.2	32.5
1968	19.2	32.7
1969	19.1	32.8
1970	19.1	33
1971	19.2	33.1
1972	19.3	33.2
1973	19.5	33.3
1974	19.7	33.4
1975	20.1	33.5
1976	20.4	33.6
1977	20.8	33.7
1978	21.2	33.9
1979	21.4	34
1980	21.6	34.1
1981	21.8	34.3
1982	22.1	34.6
1983	22.6	34.9
1984	23	35.3
1985	23.2	35.6
1986	23.4	35.8
1987	23.6	36.1
1988	23.9	36.4
1989	24.4	36.8
1990	24.7	37.1
1991	25.1	37.5
1992	25.6	37.9
1993	26.1	38.2
1994	26.6	38.6
1995	27.2	38.9
1996	27.8	39.1
1997	28.3	39.4
1998	28.8	39.6
1999	29.4	39.9
2000	30	40.3
2001	30.5	40.6
2002	31.1	41
2003	31.6	41.3
2004	32.1	41.6
2005	32.6	41.9
2006	33.1	42.3
2007	33.7	42.6
2008	34.2	42.8
2009	34.7	43.1
2010	35.1	43.5
2011	35.5	43.9
2012	35.7	44.2
2013	36	44.6
2014	36.3	45
2015	36.7	45.4
2016	37.1	45.8
2017	37.4	46.2
2018	37.7	46.6
2019	38.1	47
2020	38.5	47.4
2021	39	47.7
2022	39.6	48.1
2023	40.1	48.4
2024	40.6	48.8

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