China vs Mexico statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 131M in Mexico (ranked 11/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 750,563 sq mi for Mexico (ranked 2nd vs. 13th).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Mexico ranks 12/197 ($1.85T). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Mexico ranks 71/197 ($14,158).

China and Mexico: Comparison Charts

China and Mexico economies compared

GDP

China

Mexico

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Mexico
1960	$59,846,235,025	$13,040,000,000
1961	$50,162,299,350	$14,160,000,000
1962	$47,310,737,754	$15,200,000,000
1963	$50,812,227,919	$16,960,000,000
1964	$59,821,862,703	$20,080,000,000
1965	$70,565,994,356	$21,840,000,000
1966	$76,854,053,259	$24,320,000,000
1967	$73,011,350,596	$26,560,000,000
1968	$70,980,323,819	$29,360,000,000
1969	$79,847,786,729	$32,480,000,000
1970	$92,752,930,873	$35,520,000,000
1971	$99,959,013,880	$39,200,000,000
1972	$113,871,930,714	$45,200,000,000
1973	$138,764,340,892	$55,280,000,000
1974	$144,418,433,058	$72,000,000,000
1975	$163,687,619,736	$88,000,000,000
1976	$154,196,810,059	$88,875,923,765
1977	$175,226,595,860	$81,912,018,784
1978	$149,788,617,886	$102,648,570,299
1979	$178,573,913,043	$134,531,900,899
1980	$191,487,500,000	$205,577,055,466
1981	$196,218,253,968	$263,797,827,860
1982	$205,480,916,031	$184,602,611,610
1983	$231,130,268,199	$156,167,000,433
1984	$260,442,857,143	$184,230,754,105
1985	$310,064,625,850	$195,241,069,482
1986	$301,310,144,928	$134,556,034,673
1987	$273,455,156,951	$147,542,558,209
1988	$312,888,888,889	$181,611,150,497
1989	$348,380,566,802	$221,403,098,267
1990	$361,560,229,446	$261,253,675,693
1991	$384,510,452,962	$313,139,656,146
1992	$428,502,354,788	$363,157,832,924
1993	$446,557,291,212	$530,160,763,663
1994	$566,929,539,493	$553,618,247,901
1995	$738,190,896,228	$380,157,469,867
1996	$868,523,936,530	$432,157,945,024
1997	$967,753,570,435	$523,449,530,464
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$557,461,102,631
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$631,249,359,702
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$742,061,329,749
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$796,064,590,549
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$810,666,116,402
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$765,549,967,889
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$819,459,227,375
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$917,571,853,529
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$1,020,265,057,882
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$1,102,355,554,880
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$1,161,553,459,985
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$943,437,415,025
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$1,105,424,238,573
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$1,229,013,703,578
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$1,255,110,424,666
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$1,327,436,290,439
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$1,364,507,717,765
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$1,213,294,467,780
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$1,112,233,497,453
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$1,190,721,475,906
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$1,256,300,182,776
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$1,304,106,203,902
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$1,121,064,767,402
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$1,316,569,466,735
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$1,466,464,899,304
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$1,793,798,859,343
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$1,852,722,885,258

China and Mexico economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Mexico

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Mexico
1960	$89.7	$355
1961	$76	$374
1962	$71.1	$388
1963	$74.5	$420
1964	$85.7	$481
1965	$98.7	$506
1966	$104.5	$545
1967	$96.8	$576
1968	$91.6	$616
1969	$100.3	$660
1970	$113.3	$699
1971	$118.8	$748
1972	$132.1	$837
1973	$157.3	$993
1974	$160.4	$1,256
1975	$178.6	$1,492
1976	$165.7	$1,465
1977	$185.7	$1,315
1978	$156.7	$1,604
1979	$184.3	$2,049
1980	$195.1	$3,055
1981	$197.4	$3,829
1982	$203.7	$2,621
1983	$225.9	$2,170
1984	$251.2	$2,506
1985	$295	$2,602
1986	$282.4	$1,757
1987	$252.3	$1,888
1988	$284	$2,279
1989	$311	$2,725
1990	$319	$3,154
1991	$334	$3,709
1992	$368	$4,221
1993	$379	$6,048
1994	$476	$6,202
1995	$613	$4,184
1996	$713	$4,674
1997	$787	$5,567
1998	$835	$5,833
1999	$881	$6,500
2000	$969	$7,524
2001	$1,065	$7,953
2002	$1,164	$7,983
2003	$1,307	$7,434
2004	$1,531	$7,850
2005	$1,778	$8,672
2006	$2,129	$9,513
2007	$2,735	$10,134
2008	$3,523	$10,524
2009	$3,898	$8,424
2010	$4,629	$9,729
2011	$5,704	$10,664
2012	$6,405	$10,744
2013	$7,147	$11,217
2014	$7,781	$11,391
2015	$8,175	$10,021
2016	$8,255	$9,098
2017	$8,980	$9,649
2018	$10,086	$10,085
2019	$10,343	$10,370
2020	$10,627	$8,841
2021	$12,887	$10,314
2022	$12,971	$11,402
2023	$12,951	$13,826
2024	$13,303	$14,158

China vs. Mexico life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Mexico

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Mexico
1950	43.8	43.8
1951	44.6	44.8
1952	45.3	45.7
1953	45.9	47
1954	46.8	48.3
1955	47.2	49.6
1956	47.8	50.4
1957	48.4	51.1
1958	48.8	51.8
1959	40.2	52.7
1960	33.4	53.6
1961	40.2	54.4
1962	51	55.1
1963	51.7	55.5
1964	52.3	55.9
1965	53	56.7
1966	53.7	57.4
1967	54.4	58
1968	55.2	58.2
1969	56	58.4
1970	56.8	58.9
1971	57.7	59.4
1972	58.6	60.1
1973	59.5	60.5
1974	60.2	61.2
1975	61	61.9
1976	61.2	62.5
1977	62.5	63
1978	63.1	63.4
1979	63.7	63.9
1980	64.2	64.3
1981	64.8	64.7
1982	65.2	65.3
1983	65.7	65.8
1984	66.1	66.2
1985	66.5	66.8
1986	66.9	67.4
1987	67.3	67.9
1988	67.6	68.3
1989	67.9	68.6
1990	68.2	69
1991	68.6	69.4
1992	69.1	69.7
1993	69.5	70
1994	69.8	70.3
1995	70.4	70.7
1996	70.8	71.1
1997	71.2	71.5
1998	71.6	71.8
1999	72	72.2
2000	72.3	72.6
2001	72.7	72.9
2002	73	73.1
2003	73.4	73.3
2004	73.7	73.4
2005	74.1	73.6
2006	74.4	73.7
2007	74.8	73.8
2008	74.8	73.7
2009	75.3	73.6
2010	75.7	73.7
2011	75.9	73.9
2012	76.2	74.1
2013	76.5	74.3
2014	76.7	74.4
2015	77	74.4
2016	77.2	74.4
2017	77.2	74.3
2018	77.7	74.3
2019	77.9	74.5
2020	78	70.4
2021	78.1	69.7
2022	78.2	74
2023	78	75.1
2024	78	75.3
2025	78.4	75.4

China and Mexico population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Mexico

Table

Year	Population
	China	Mexico
1960	667,070,000	36,724,615
1961	660,330,000	37,890,118
1962	665,770,000	39,129,200
1963	682,335,000	40,424,065
1964	698,355,000	41,772,049
1965	715,185,000	43,174,477
1966	735,400,000	44,629,106
1967	754,550,000	46,129,608
1968	774,510,000	47,668,303
1969	796,025,000	49,233,194
1970	818,315,000	50,814,953
1971	841,105,000	52,412,558
1972	862,030,000	54,030,168
1973	881,940,000	55,667,284
1974	900,350,000	57,320,149
1975	916,395,000	58,982,400
1976	930,685,000	60,645,512
1977	943,455,000	62,308,493
1978	956,165,000	63,979,046
1979	969,005,000	65,648,865
1980	981,235,000	67,300,334
1981	993,885,000	68,892,108
1982	1,008,630,000	70,433,260
1983	1,023,310,000	71,971,240
1984	1,036,825,000	73,506,846
1985	1,051,040,000	75,043,414
1986	1,066,790,000	76,585,637
1987	1,084,035,000	78,136,651
1988	1,101,630,000	79,695,531
1989	1,118,650,000	81,247,182
1990	1,135,185,000	82,820,170
1991	1,150,780,000	84,430,572
1992	1,164,970,000	86,044,809
1993	1,178,440,000	87,653,807
1994	1,191,835,000	89,259,205
1995	1,204,855,000	90,862,455
1996	1,217,550,000	92,452,702
1997	1,230,075,000	94,021,207
1998	1,241,935,000	95,575,245
1999	1,252,735,000	97,115,707
2000	1,262,645,000	98,625,552
2001	1,271,850,000	100,099,099
2002	1,280,400,000	101,548,624
2003	1,288,400,000	102,978,515
2004	1,296,075,000	104,394,131
2005	1,303,720,000	105,811,504
2006	1,311,020,000	107,253,666
2007	1,317,885,000	108,774,360
2008	1,324,655,000	110,374,288
2009	1,331,260,000	111,999,721
2010	1,337,705,000	113,623,895
2011	1,345,035,000	115,243,504
2012	1,354,190,000	116,818,208
2013	1,363,240,000	118,343,573
2014	1,371,860,000	119,784,261
2015	1,379,860,000	121,072,306
2016	1,387,790,000	122,251,351
2017	1,396,215,000	123,400,057
2018	1,402,760,000	124,573,711
2019	1,407,745,000	125,762,982
2020	1,411,100,000	126,799,054
2021	1,412,360,000	127,648,148
2022	1,412,175,000	128,613,117
2023	1,410,710,000	129,739,759
2024	1,408,975,000	130,861,007

Fertility rates in China and Mexico

Fertility rate

China

Mexico

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Mexico
1960	4.45	6.76
1961	3.86	6.78
1962	6.09	6.8
1963	7.51	6.82
1964	6.67	6.83
1965	6.61	6.82
1966	6.31	6.79
1967	5.81	6.75
1968	6.51	6.71
1969	6.18	6.63
1970	6.09	6.53
1971	5.52	6.42
1972	5.11	6.28
1973	4.73	6.12
1974	4.17	5.95
1975	3.57	5.74
1976	3.24	5.54
1977	2.84	5.36
1978	2.72	5.2
1979	2.75	4.96
1980	2.74	4.74
1981	2.79	4.57
1982	2.97	4.43
1983	2.56	4.3
1984	2.61	4.18
1985	2.63	4.09
1986	2.72	3.97
1987	2.76	3.8
1988	2.54	3.64
1989	2.52	3.53
1990	2.51	3.44
1991	1.93	3.36
1992	1.78	3.29
1993	1.69	3.21
1994	1.63	3.13
1995	1.59	3.04
1996	1.55	2.96
1997	1.53	2.89
1998	1.52	2.82
1999	1.53	2.76
2000	1.63	2.71
2001	1.56	2.67
2002	1.57	2.63
2003	1.57	2.58
2004	1.61	2.54
2005	1.62	2.5
2006	1.64	2.46
2007	1.67	2.42
2008	1.7	2.39
2009	1.71	2.36
2010	1.69	2.34
2011	1.67	2.32
2012	1.8	2.29
2013	1.71	2.27
2014	1.77	2.21
2015	1.67	2.14
2016	1.77	2.09
2017	1.8	2.04
2018	1.54	2.03
2019	1.5	2.02
2020	1.24	1.99
2021	1.12	1.97
2022	1.03	1.94
2023	1	1.91

China and Mexico demographics compared

Median age

China

Mexico

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Mexico
1960	20.9	16.6
1961	21.1	16.5
1962	21	16.4
1963	20.4	16.3
1964	19.9	16.3
1965	19.6	16.2
1966	19.3	16.2
1967	19.2	16.1
1968	19.2	16.1
1969	19.1	16.1
1970	19.1	16.1
1971	19.2	16
1972	19.3	16
1973	19.5	16.1
1974	19.7	16.1
1975	20.1	16.2
1976	20.4	16.2
1977	20.8	16.4
1978	21.2	16.5
1979	21.4	16.6
1980	21.6	16.8
1981	21.8	17.1
1982	22.1	17.4
1983	22.6	17.7
1984	23	18
1985	23.2	18.3
1986	23.4	18.6
1987	23.6	18.9
1988	23.9	19.2
1989	24.4	19.4
1990	24.7	19.7
1991	25.1	20
1992	25.6	20.4
1993	26.1	20.7
1994	26.6	21
1995	27.2	21.4
1996	27.8	21.7
1997	28.3	22
1998	28.8	22.2
1999	29.4	22.5
2000	30	22.8
2001	30.5	23.1
2002	31.1	23.5
2003	31.6	23.8
2004	32.1	24.1
2005	32.6	24.4
2006	33.1	24.7
2007	33.7	25
2008	34.2	25.3
2009	34.7	25.6
2010	35.1	25.8
2011	35.5	26.1
2012	35.7	26.4
2013	36	26.7
2014	36.3	27
2015	36.7	27.3
2016	37.1	27.6
2017	37.4	28
2018	37.7	28.3
2019	38.1	28.6
2020	38.5	29
2021	39	29.2
2022	39.6	29.5
2023	40.1	29.9
2024	40.6	30.3

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