China vs Maldives statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 528K in Maldives (ranked 168/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 115.1 sq mi for Maldives (ranked 2nd vs. 188th).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Maldives ranks 160/197 ($6.98B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Maldives ranks 77/197 ($13,216).

China and Maldives: Comparison Charts

China and Maldives economies compared

GDP

China

Maldives

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Maldives
1960	$59,846,235,025	-
1961	$50,162,299,350	-
1962	$47,310,737,754	-
1963	$50,812,227,919	-
1964	$59,821,862,703	-
1965	$70,565,994,356	-
1966	$76,854,053,259	-
1967	$73,011,350,596	-
1968	$70,980,323,819	-
1969	$79,847,786,729	-
1970	$92,752,930,873	$19,328,038
1971	$99,959,013,880	$21,566,404
1972	$113,871,930,714	$25,177,138
1973	$138,764,340,892	$30,862,042
1974	$144,418,433,058	$39,120,171
1975	$163,687,619,736	$24,540,878
1976	$154,196,810,059	$22,399,467
1977	$175,226,595,860	$20,853,789
1978	$149,788,617,886	$24,369,109
1979	$178,573,913,043	$38,523,364
1980	$191,487,500,000	$42,463,576
1981	$196,218,253,968	$44,781,457
1982	$205,480,916,031	$47,911,340
1983	$231,130,268,199	$57,829,787
1984	$260,442,857,143	$109,503,546
1985	$310,064,625,850	$127,190,758
1986	$301,310,144,928	$141,882,254
1987	$273,455,156,951	$141,223,029
1988	$312,888,888,889	$168,514,513
1989	$348,380,566,802	$189,514,434
1990	$361,560,229,446	$215,043,970
1991	$384,510,452,962	$244,396,762
1992	$428,502,354,788	$284,875,809
1993	$446,557,291,212	$322,417,837
1994	$566,929,539,493	$356,014,932
1995	$738,190,896,228	$398,988,955
1996	$868,523,936,530	$450,382,328
1997	$967,753,570,435	$508,223,602
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$540,096,398
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$589,239,754
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$624,337,145
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$870,031,677
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$897,031,250
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$1,052,121,055
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$1,226,829,563
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$1,163,362,438
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$1,575,200,391
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$1,868,383,461
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$2,271,646,188
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$2,345,294,875
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$2,588,176,055
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$2,774,350,240
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$2,886,163,997
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$3,295,009,238
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$3,697,353,039
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$4,129,505,319
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$4,409,942,624
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$4,816,426,257
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$5,404,344,163
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$5,726,094,799
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$3,712,604,583
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$5,252,457,370
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$6,177,118,114
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$6,590,894,302
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$6,975,146,349

China and Maldives economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Maldives

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Maldives
1960	$89.7	-
1961	$76	-
1962	$71.1	-
1963	$74.5	-
1964	$85.7	-
1965	$98.7	-
1966	$104.5	-
1967	$96.8	-
1968	$91.6	-
1969	$100.3	-
1970	$113.3	$156.9
1971	$118.8	$169.8
1972	$132.1	$192.2
1973	$157.3	$228.7
1974	$160.4	$281.5
1975	$178.6	$171.4
1976	$165.7	$151.8
1977	$185.7	$137.3
1978	$156.7	$156.1
1979	$184.3	$240.2
1980	$195.1	$257.6
1981	$197.4	$264.1
1982	$203.7	$274.8
1983	$225.9	$323
1984	$251.2	$594
1985	$295	$669
1986	$282.4	$720
1987	$252.3	$692
1988	$284	$799
1989	$311	$870
1990	$319	$957
1991	$334	$1,054
1992	$368	$1,194
1993	$379	$1,317
1994	$476	$1,419
1995	$613	$1,555
1996	$713	$1,717
1997	$787	$1,898
1998	$835	$1,980
1999	$881	$2,124
2000	$969	$2,214
2001	$1,065	$3,034
2002	$1,164	$3,076
2003	$1,307	$3,549
2004	$1,531	$4,070
2005	$1,778	$3,797
2006	$2,129	$5,019
2007	$2,735	$5,758
2008	$3,523	$6,757
2009	$3,898	$6,734
2010	$4,629	$7,174
2011	$5,704	$7,425
2012	$6,405	$7,461
2013	$7,147	$8,236
2014	$7,781	$8,939
2015	$8,175	$9,645
2016	$8,255	$9,948
2017	$8,980	$10,510
2018	$10,086	$11,423
2019	$10,343	$11,740
2020	$10,627	$7,394
2021	$12,887	$10,176
2022	$12,971	$11,786
2023	$12,951	$12,530
2024	$13,303	$13,216

China vs. Maldives life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Maldives

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Maldives
1950	43.8	36.5
1951	44.6	37.1
1952	45.3	37
1953	45.9	36.9
1954	46.8	36.9
1955	47.2	37
1956	47.8	37.1
1957	48.4	37.3
1958	48.8	37.6
1959	40.2	37.9
1960	33.4	38.2
1961	40.2	38.6
1962	51	39.1
1963	51.7	39.6
1964	52.3	40.2
1965	53	40.8
1966	53.7	41.4
1967	54.4	42.1
1968	55.2	42.9
1969	56	43.7
1970	56.8	44.5
1971	57.7	45.5
1972	58.6	46.4
1973	59.5	47.5
1974	60.2	48.5
1975	61	49.6
1976	61.2	50.8
1977	62.5	51.8
1978	63.1	50.4
1979	63.7	53.9
1980	64.2	54.8
1981	64.8	55.7
1982	65.2	56.6
1983	65.7	57.5
1984	66.1	58.3
1985	66.5	59.2
1986	66.9	60
1987	67.3	60.8
1988	67.6	61.6
1989	67.9	62.4
1990	68.2	63.1
1991	68.6	63.9
1992	69.1	64.7
1993	69.5	65.4
1994	69.8	66.2
1995	70.4	67
1996	70.8	67.7
1997	71.2	68.5
1998	71.6	69.3
1999	72	70.2
2000	72.3	70.9
2001	72.7	71.7
2002	73	72.4
2003	73.4	73.3
2004	73.7	73
2005	74.1	74.8
2006	74.4	75.3
2007	74.8	75.7
2008	74.8	76
2009	75.3	76.4
2010	75.7	76.8
2011	75.9	77.1
2012	76.2	77.5
2013	76.5	77.8
2014	76.7	78.2
2015	77	78.6
2016	77.2	78.9
2017	77.2	79.2
2018	77.7	79.4
2019	77.9	79.7
2020	78	78.7
2021	78.1	78.1
2022	78.2	80.8
2023	78	81
2024	78	81.3
2025	78.4	81.5

China and Maldives population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Maldives

Table

Year	Population
	China	Maldives
1960	667,070,000	91,189
1961	660,330,000	93,450
1962	665,770,000	95,802
1963	682,335,000	98,222
1964	698,355,000	100,662
1965	715,185,000	104,102
1966	735,400,000	108,507
1967	754,550,000	112,528
1968	774,510,000	116,075
1969	796,025,000	119,564
1970	818,315,000	123,219
1971	841,105,000	127,035
1972	862,030,000	130,968
1973	881,940,000	134,952
1974	900,350,000	138,978
1975	916,395,000	143,158
1976	930,685,000	147,525
1977	943,455,000	151,930
1978	956,165,000	156,159
1979	969,005,000	160,360
1980	981,235,000	164,835
1981	993,885,000	169,532
1982	1,008,630,000	174,333
1983	1,023,310,000	179,128
1984	1,036,825,000	184,198
1985	1,051,040,000	190,169
1986	1,066,790,000	196,935
1987	1,084,035,000	203,944
1988	1,101,630,000	210,885
1989	1,118,650,000	217,738
1990	1,135,185,000	224,762
1991	1,150,780,000	231,802
1992	1,164,970,000	238,543
1993	1,178,440,000	244,884
1994	1,191,835,000	250,822
1995	1,204,855,000	256,649
1996	1,217,550,000	262,347
1997	1,230,075,000	267,707
1998	1,241,935,000	272,723
1999	1,252,735,000	277,412
2000	1,262,645,000	282,019
2001	1,271,850,000	286,767
2002	1,280,400,000	291,616
2003	1,288,400,000	296,491
2004	1,296,075,000	301,413
2005	1,303,720,000	306,429
2006	1,311,020,000	313,851
2007	1,317,885,000	324,479
2008	1,324,655,000	336,170
2009	1,331,260,000	348,275
2010	1,337,705,000	360,792
2011	1,345,035,000	373,674
2012	1,354,190,000	386,818
2013	1,363,240,000	400,070
2014	1,371,860,000	413,617
2015	1,379,860,000	428,154
2016	1,387,790,000	443,308
2017	1,396,215,000	458,287
2018	1,402,760,000	473,099
2019	1,407,745,000	487,731
2020	1,411,100,000	502,118
2021	1,412,360,000	516,154
2022	1,412,175,000	524,106
2023	1,410,710,000	525,994
2024	1,408,975,000	527,799

Fertility rates in China and Maldives

Fertility rate

China

Maldives

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Maldives
1960	4.45	6.71
1961	3.86	6.79
1962	6.09	6.89
1963	7.51	6.94
1964	6.67	7
1965	6.61	7.07
1966	6.31	7.15
1967	5.81	7.23
1968	6.51	7.28
1969	6.18	7.33
1970	6.09	7.39
1971	5.52	7.38
1972	5.11	7.37
1973	4.73	7.4
1974	4.17	7.38
1975	3.57	7.32
1976	3.24	7.29
1977	2.84	7.27
1978	2.72	7.23
1979	2.75	7.23
1980	2.74	7.23
1981	2.79	7.19
1982	2.97	7.15
1983	2.56	7.09
1984	2.61	7.03
1985	2.63	6.94
1986	2.72	6.85
1987	2.76	6.73
1988	2.54	6.58
1989	2.52	6.39
1990	2.51	6.13
1991	1.93	5.8
1992	1.78	5.44
1993	1.69	5.06
1994	1.63	4.69
1995	1.59	4.29
1996	1.55	3.86
1997	1.53	3.48
1998	1.52	3.17
1999	1.53	2.9
2000	1.63	2.69
2001	1.56	2.53
2002	1.57	2.42
2003	1.57	2.34
2004	1.61	2.26
2005	1.62	2.2
2006	1.64	2.2
2007	1.67	2.29
2008	1.7	2.37
2009	1.71	2.39
2010	1.69	2.35
2011	1.67	2.31
2012	1.8	2.25
2013	1.71	2.17
2014	1.77	2.09
2015	1.67	2
2016	1.77	1.9
2017	1.8	1.8
2018	1.54	1.71
2019	1.5	1.64
2020	1.24	1.61
2021	1.12	1.6
2022	1.03	1.58
2023	1	1.58

China and Maldives demographics compared

Median age

China

Maldives

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Maldives
1960	20.9	20.6
1961	21.1	20.6
1962	21	20.6
1963	20.4	20.6
1964	19.9	20.5
1965	19.6	19.9
1966	19.3	18.9
1967	19.2	18.2
1968	19.2	17.8
1969	19.1	17.6
1970	19.1	17.4
1971	19.2	17.3
1972	19.3	17.2
1973	19.5	17.2
1974	19.7	17.2
1975	20.1	17.1
1976	20.4	17
1977	20.8	17
1978	21.2	17
1979	21.4	16.9
1980	21.6	16.8
1981	21.8	16.8
1982	22.1	16.9
1983	22.6	16.9
1984	23	17
1985	23.2	17
1986	23.4	16.9
1987	23.6	16.7
1988	23.9	16.6
1989	24.4	16.5
1990	24.7	16.4
1991	25.1	16.4
1992	25.6	16.4
1993	26.1	16.5
1994	26.6	16.7
1995	27.2	16.9
1996	27.8	17.3
1997	28.3	17.6
1998	28.8	18
1999	29.4	18.4
2000	30	18.9
2001	30.5	19.3
2002	31.1	19.8
2003	31.6	20.3
2004	32.1	20.9
2005	32.6	21.5
2006	33.1	22.1
2007	33.7	22.7
2008	34.2	23.2
2009	34.7	23.8
2010	35.1	24.4
2011	35.5	25.1
2012	35.7	25.8
2013	36	26.5
2014	36.3	27.1
2015	36.7	27.6
2016	37.1	28
2017	37.4	28.5
2018	37.7	29
2019	38.1	29.5
2020	38.5	30.1
2021	39	30.7
2022	39.6	31.4
2023	40.1	32.1
2024	40.6	32.9

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