China vs Libya statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 7.38M in Libya (ranked 105/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 679,362 sq mi for Libya (ranked 2nd vs. 16th).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Libya ranks 96/197 ($46.6B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Libya ranks 110/197 ($6,318).

China and Libya: Comparison Charts

China and Libya economies compared

GDP

China

Libya

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Libya
1960	$59,846,235,025	$401,644,249
1961	$50,162,299,350	$443,905,612
1962	$47,310,737,754	$619,725,785
1963	$50,812,227,919	$892,327,911
1964	$59,821,862,703	$1,341,395,421
1965	$70,565,994,356	$1,804,979,680
1966	$76,854,053,259	$2,312,438,536
1967	$73,011,350,596	$2,726,986,913
1968	$70,980,323,819	$3,850,623,095
1969	$79,847,786,729	$4,380,987,481
1970	$92,752,930,873	$4,601,649,451
1971	$99,959,013,880	$5,260,185,125
1972	$113,871,930,714	$6,299,395,544
1973	$138,764,340,892	$8,625,889,430
1974	$144,418,433,058	$15,112,543,717
1975	$163,687,619,736	$14,710,912,458
1976	$154,196,810,059	$19,096,943,017
1977	$175,226,595,860	$22,428,297,108
1978	$149,788,617,886	$22,136,422,643
1979	$178,573,913,043	$30,536,429,497
1980	$191,487,500,000	$40,953,924,949
1981	$196,218,253,968	$36,374,353,880
1982	$205,480,916,031	$33,760,146,991
1983	$231,130,268,199	$33,200,520,140
1984	$260,442,857,143	$29,476,109,153
1985	$310,064,625,850	$31,530,566,324
1986	$301,310,144,928	$24,180,400,959
1987	$273,455,156,951	$26,697,659,335
1988	$312,888,888,889	$24,308,959,591
1989	$348,380,566,802	$25,156,707,899
1990	$361,560,229,446	$28,904,183,602
1991	$384,510,452,962	$31,991,821,265
1992	$428,502,354,788	$33,887,047,909
1993	$446,557,291,212	$30,660,051,911
1994	$566,929,539,493	$28,610,549,763
1995	$738,190,896,228	$25,541,379,187
1996	$868,523,936,530	$27,884,615,385
1997	$967,753,570,435	$30,700,897,875
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$27,251,301,398
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$35,975,860,857
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$38,270,954,138
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$34,112,093,927
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$20,481,889,764
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$26,265,625,000
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$33,122,307,692
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$47,334,691,241
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$60,094,231,607
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$68,032,978,391
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$86,710,767,415
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$60,808,562,033
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$75,380,825,062
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$48,169,263,294
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$92,540,938,129
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$75,351,107,029
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$57,372,355,592
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$48,717,501,321
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$49,912,073,701
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$67,157,452,182
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$76,686,029,772
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$69,254,496,472
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$46,854,285,441
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$35,217,995,647
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$43,246,297,922
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$45,096,462,972
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$46,636,278,902

China and Libya economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Libya

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Libya
1960	$89.7	$269
1961	$76	$285.3
1962	$71.1	$382
1963	$74.5	$528
1964	$85.7	$765
1965	$98.7	$1,001
1966	$104.5	$1,251
1967	$96.8	$1,437
1968	$91.6	$1,972
1969	$100.3	$2,175
1970	$113.3	$2,210
1971	$118.8	$2,443
1972	$132.1	$2,830
1973	$157.3	$3,727
1974	$160.4	$6,214
1975	$178.6	$5,721
1976	$165.7	$7,018
1977	$185.7	$7,783
1978	$156.7	$7,252
1979	$184.3	$9,443
1980	$195.1	$11,960
1981	$197.4	$10,044
1982	$203.7	$9,064
1983	$225.9	$8,927
1984	$251.2	$7,811
1985	$295	$8,087
1986	$282.4	$6,019
1987	$252.3	$6,465
1988	$284	$5,736
1989	$311	$5,793
1990	$319	$6,502
1991	$334	$7,040
1992	$368	$7,303
1993	$379	$6,478
1994	$476	$5,933
1995	$613	$5,205
1996	$713	$5,591
1997	$787	$6,062
1998	$835	$5,301
1999	$881	$6,895
2000	$969	$7,214
2001	$1,065	$6,313
2002	$1,164	$3,718
2003	$1,307	$4,674
2004	$1,531	$5,774
2005	$1,778	$8,079
2006	$2,129	$10,049
2007	$2,735	$11,145
2008	$3,523	$13,906
2009	$3,898	$9,551
2010	$4,629	$11,601
2011	$5,704	$7,594
2012	$6,405	$14,976
2013	$7,147	$11,952
2014	$7,781	$8,926
2015	$8,175	$7,458
2016	$8,255	$7,526
2017	$8,980	$9,966
2018	$10,086	$11,197
2019	$10,343	$9,963
2020	$10,627	$6,650
2021	$12,887	$4,936
2022	$12,971	$5,987
2023	$12,951	$6,173
2024	$13,303	$6,318

China vs. Libya life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Libya

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Libya
1950	43.8	33.1
1951	44.6	33.5
1952	45.3	33.8
1953	45.9	34.2
1954	46.8	34.7
1955	47.2	35.2
1956	47.8	36
1957	48.4	36.9
1958	48.8	38
1959	40.2	39.3
1960	33.4	40.8
1961	40.2	42.4
1962	51	44.1
1963	51.7	45.6
1964	52.3	47.7
1965	53	49.3
1966	53.7	50.9
1967	54.4	52.5
1968	55.2	53.8
1969	56	55.2
1970	56.8	56.4
1971	57.7	57.6
1972	58.6	58.7
1973	59.5	59.7
1974	60.2	60.7
1975	61	61.6
1976	61.2	62.4
1977	62.5	63.1
1978	63.1	63.8
1979	63.7	64.3
1980	64.2	64.8
1981	64.8	65.3
1982	65.2	65.8
1983	65.7	66.3
1984	66.1	66.7
1985	66.5	67.3
1986	66.9	67.8
1987	67.3	68.3
1988	67.6	68.6
1989	67.9	69
1990	68.2	69.3
1991	68.6	69.6
1992	69.1	70
1993	69.5	70.2
1994	69.8	70.5
1995	70.4	70.6
1996	70.8	70.7
1997	71.2	70.7
1998	71.6	70.7
1999	72	70.6
2000	72.3	70.5
2001	72.7	70.7
2002	73	70.8
2003	73.4	71
2004	73.7	71.2
2005	74.1	71.4
2006	74.4	71.6
2007	74.8	71.8
2008	74.8	71.9
2009	75.3	72.1
2010	75.7	72.2
2011	75.9	69.9
2012	76.2	72.2
2013	76.5	72.3
2014	76.7	71.3
2015	77	71.6
2016	77.2	71.8
2017	77.2	72.7
2018	77.7	73.2
2019	77.9	72.9
2020	78	72.4
2021	78.1	72.1
2022	78.2	74.5
2023	78	69.3
2024	78	71.1
2025	78.4	73.2

China and Libya population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Libya

Table

Year	Population
	China	Libya
1960	667,070,000	1,492,890
1961	660,330,000	1,555,699
1962	665,770,000	1,621,960
1963	682,335,000	1,690,457
1964	698,355,000	1,753,691
1965	715,185,000	1,804,015
1966	735,400,000	1,849,063
1967	754,550,000	1,898,199
1968	774,510,000	1,952,781
1969	796,025,000	2,014,293
1970	818,315,000	2,082,589
1971	841,105,000	2,153,534
1972	862,030,000	2,226,091
1973	881,940,000	2,314,193
1974	900,350,000	2,432,211
1975	916,395,000	2,571,556
1976	930,685,000	2,721,237
1977	943,455,000	2,881,533
1978	956,165,000	3,052,526
1979	969,005,000	3,233,846
1980	981,235,000	3,424,378
1981	993,885,000	3,621,486
1982	1,008,630,000	3,724,765
1983	1,023,310,000	3,718,961
1984	1,036,825,000	3,773,633
1985	1,051,040,000	3,898,745
1986	1,066,790,000	4,017,403
1987	1,084,035,000	4,129,739
1988	1,101,630,000	4,237,755
1989	1,118,650,000	4,342,920
1990	1,135,185,000	4,445,239
1991	1,150,780,000	4,544,400
1992	1,164,970,000	4,640,352
1993	1,178,440,000	4,733,045
1994	1,191,835,000	4,822,037
1995	1,204,855,000	4,906,843
1996	1,217,550,000	4,987,393
1997	1,230,075,000	5,064,639
1998	1,241,935,000	5,140,704
1999	1,252,735,000	5,218,038
2000	1,262,645,000	5,305,021
2001	1,271,850,000	5,403,639
2002	1,280,400,000	5,508,410
2003	1,288,400,000	5,619,398
2004	1,296,075,000	5,736,693
2005	1,303,720,000	5,858,798
2006	1,311,020,000	5,980,211
2007	1,317,885,000	6,104,380
2008	1,324,655,000	6,235,430
2009	1,331,260,000	6,366,686
2010	1,337,705,000	6,497,839
2011	1,345,035,000	6,343,203
2012	1,354,190,000	6,179,328
2013	1,363,240,000	6,304,628
2014	1,371,860,000	6,427,252
2015	1,379,860,000	6,531,819
2016	1,387,790,000	6,632,126
2017	1,396,215,000	6,738,770
2018	1,402,760,000	6,849,055
2019	1,407,745,000	6,951,033
2020	1,411,100,000	7,045,399
2021	1,412,360,000	7,135,175
2022	1,412,175,000	7,223,805
2023	1,410,710,000	7,305,659
2024	1,408,975,000	7,381,023

Fertility rates in China and Libya

Fertility rate

China

Libya

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Libya
1960	4.45	7.51
1961	3.86	7.56
1962	6.09	7.61
1963	7.51	7.69
1964	6.67	7.75
1965	6.61	7.82
1966	6.31	7.89
1967	5.81	7.93
1968	6.51	7.97
1969	6.18	8.01
1970	6.09	8.05
1971	5.52	8.1
1972	5.11	8.07
1973	4.73	8.05
1974	4.17	8.02
1975	3.57	7.98
1976	3.24	7.93
1977	2.84	7.87
1978	2.72	7.79
1979	2.75	7.68
1980	2.74	7.54
1981	2.79	7.37
1982	2.97	7.16
1983	2.56	6.91
1984	2.61	6.62
1985	2.63	6.33
1986	2.72	6.02
1987	2.76	5.72
1988	2.54	5.41
1989	2.52	5.09
1990	2.51	4.78
1991	1.93	4.46
1992	1.78	4.16
1993	1.69	3.88
1994	1.63	3.65
1995	1.59	3.44
1996	1.55	3.26
1997	1.53	3.13
1998	1.52	3.04
1999	1.53	2.97
2000	1.63	2.91
2001	1.56	2.87
2002	1.57	2.83
2003	1.57	2.8
2004	1.61	2.77
2005	1.62	2.77
2006	1.64	2.7
2007	1.67	2.65
2008	1.7	2.6
2009	1.71	2.56
2010	1.69	2.6
2011	1.67	2.65
2012	1.8	2.68
2013	1.71	2.72
2014	1.77	2.75
2015	1.67	2.71
2016	1.77	2.67
2017	1.8	2.63
2018	1.54	2.58
2019	1.5	2.54
2020	1.24	2.51
2021	1.12	2.46
2022	1.03	2.4
2023	1	2.36

China and Libya demographics compared

Median age

China

Libya

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Libya
1960	20.9	18.5
1961	21.1	18.2
1962	21	17.9
1963	20.4	17.5
1964	19.9	17.2
1965	19.6	16.7
1966	19.3	15.9
1967	19.2	15.3
1968	19.2	14.9
1969	19.1	14.7
1970	19.1	14.7
1971	19.2	14.7
1972	19.3	14.7
1973	19.5	14.9
1974	19.7	15.3
1975	20.1	15.5
1976	20.4	15.6
1977	20.8	15.8
1978	21.2	15.9
1979	21.4	15.9
1980	21.6	16
1981	21.8	16.1
1982	22.1	16.3
1983	22.6	16.5
1984	23	16.8
1985	23.2	17.1
1986	23.4	17.3
1987	23.6	17.6
1988	23.9	17.9
1989	24.4	18.2
1990	24.7	18.6
1991	25.1	18.9
1992	25.6	19.3
1993	26.1	19.7
1994	26.6	20.1
1995	27.2	20.6
1996	27.8	21.1
1997	28.3	21.5
1998	28.8	22
1999	29.4	22.4
2000	30	22.7
2001	30.5	22.9
2002	31.1	23.1
2003	31.6	23.2
2004	32.1	23.4
2005	32.6	23.6
2006	33.1	23.8
2007	33.7	24.2
2008	34.2	24.6
2009	34.7	25
2010	35.1	25.3
2011	35.5	25.5
2012	35.7	25.7
2013	36	25.9
2014	36.3	26.2
2015	36.7	26.4
2016	37.1	26.6
2017	37.4	26.8
2018	37.7	27
2019	38.1	27.2
2020	38.5	27.5
2021	39	27.7
2022	39.6	28
2023	40.1	28.2
2024	40.6	28.5

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