China vs Russia statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 144M in Russia (ranked 9/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 6,323,145 sq mi for Russia (ranked 2nd vs. 1st).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145).

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China and Russia economies compared

GDP

China

Russia

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Russia
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	-
1971	$99,959,013,880	-
1972	$113,871,930,714	-
1973	$138,764,340,892	-
1974	$144,418,433,058	-
1975	$163,687,619,736	-
1976	$154,196,810,059	-
1977	$175,226,595,860	-
1978	$149,788,617,886	-
1979	$178,573,913,043	-
1980	$191,487,500,000	-
1981	$196,218,253,968	-
1982	$205,480,916,031	-
1983	$231,130,268,199	-
1984	$260,442,857,143	-
1985	$310,064,625,850	-
1986	$301,310,144,928	-
1987	$273,455,156,951	-
1988	$312,888,888,889	$554,828,660,436
1989	$348,380,566,802	$506,631,299,735
1990	$361,560,229,446	$517,014,446,228
1991	$384,510,452,962	$517,962,962,963
1992	$428,502,354,788	$460,290,556,901
1993	$446,557,291,212	$435,083,713,851
1994	$566,929,539,493	$395,077,301,248
1995	$738,190,896,228	$395,537,185,735
1996	$868,523,936,530	$391,724,890,744
1997	$967,753,570,435	$404,928,954,192
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$270,955,486,862
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$195,907,128,351
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$259,710,142,197
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$306,602,070,621
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$345,470,494,418
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$430,347,420,185
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$591,016,690,732
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$764,015,973,481
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$989,932,071,353
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$1,299,703,478,482
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$1,660,848,058,303
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$1,222,645,900,056
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$1,524,916,715,224
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$2,045,922,753,398
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$2,208,293,553,878
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$2,292,470,078,346
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$2,059,241,589,895
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$1,363,482,182,198
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$1,276,786,350,881
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$1,574,199,360,089
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$1,657,328,773,461
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$1,693,115,002,708
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$1,493,075,894,362
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$1,829,186,719,575
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$2,291,612,121,335
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$2,071,505,725,031
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$2,173,835,806,672

China and Russia economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Russia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Russia
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	-
1971	$118.8	-
1972	$132.1	-
1973	$157.3	-
1974	$160.4	-
1975	$178.6	-
1976	$165.7	-
1977	$185.7	-
1978	$156.7	-
1979	$184.3	-
1980	$195.1	-
1981	$197.4	-
1982	$203.7	-
1983	$225.9	-
1984	$251.2	-
1985	$295	-
1986	$282.4	-
1987	$252.3	-
1988	$284	$3,778
1989	$311	$3,430
1990	$319	$3,494
1991	$334	$3,490
1992	$368	$3,099
1993	$379	$2,931
1994	$476	$2,662
1995	$613	$2,666
1996	$713	$2,644
1997	$787	$2,738
1998	$835	$1,835
1999	$881	$1,331
2000	$969	$1,772
2001	$1,065	$2,100
2002	$1,164	$2,378
2003	$1,307	$2,975
2004	$1,531	$4,102
2005	$1,778	$5,323
2006	$2,129	$6,920
2007	$2,735	$9,101
2008	$3,523	$11,635
2009	$3,898	$8,563
2010	$4,629	$10,675
2011	$5,704	$14,305
2012	$6,405	$15,402
2013	$7,147	$15,941
2014	$7,781	$14,277
2015	$8,175	$9,427
2016	$8,255	$8,804
2017	$8,980	$10,835
2018	$10,086	$11,399
2019	$10,343	$11,640
2020	$10,627	$10,280
2021	$12,887	$12,637
2022	$12,971	$15,888
2023	$12,951	$14,403
2024	$13,303	$15,145

China vs. Russia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Russia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Russia
1950	43.8	55.5
1951	44.6	55.3
1952	45.3	57.6
1953	45.9	58.8
1954	46.8	59.9
1955	47.2	62.1
1956	47.8	66.5
1957	48.4	66
1958	48.8	67.7
1959	40.2	67.4
1960	33.4	68.3
1961	40.2	68.6
1962	51	68.5
1963	51.7	69.1
1964	52.3	69.5
1965	53	69.3
1966	53.7	69.4
1967	54.4	69.2
1968	55.2	69.1
1969	56	68.6
1970	56.8	68.7
1971	57.7	68.9
1972	58.6	68.8
1973	59.5	68.9
1974	60.2	68.7
1975	61	68.3
1976	61.2	68.1
1977	62.5	67.9
1978	63.1	67.8
1979	63.7	67.6
1980	64.2	67.5
1981	64.8	67.6
1982	65.2	68.1
1983	65.7	68
1984	66.1	67.6
1985	66.5	68.3
1986	66.9	70
1987	67.3	70.1
1988	67.6	69.9
1989	67.9	69.7
1990	68.2	69.3
1991	68.6	69
1992	69.1	67.8
1993	69.5	65
1994	69.8	63.8
1995	70.4	64
1996	70.8	65.4
1997	71.2	66.6
1998	71.6	66.9
1999	72	65.6
2000	72.3	65
2001	72.7	65
2002	73	64.7
2003	73.4	64.7
2004	73.7	65.1
2005	74.1	65.2
2006	74.4	66.5
2007	74.8	67.5
2008	74.8	67.9
2009	75.3	68.7
2010	75.7	68.2
2011	75.9	69.7
2012	76.2	70.1
2013	76.5	70.6
2014	76.7	70.8
2015	77	71.3
2016	77.2	71.9
2017	77.2	72.8
2018	77.7	72.9
2019	77.9	73.1
2020	78	71.2
2021	78.1	69.8
2022	78.2	72.5
2023	78	73.2
2024	78	73.3
2025	78.4	73.5

China and Russia population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Russia

Table

Year	Population
	China	Russia
1960	667,070,000	119,897,000
1961	660,330,000	121,236,000
1962	665,770,000	122,591,000
1963	682,335,000	123,960,000
1964	698,355,000	125,345,000
1965	715,185,000	126,745,000
1966	735,400,000	127,468,000
1967	754,550,000	128,196,000
1968	774,510,000	128,928,000
1969	796,025,000	129,664,000
1970	818,315,000	130,404,000
1971	841,105,000	131,155,000
1972	862,030,000	131,909,000
1973	881,940,000	132,669,000
1974	900,350,000	133,432,000
1975	916,395,000	134,200,000
1976	930,685,000	135,147,000
1977	943,455,000	136,100,000
1978	956,165,000	137,060,000
1979	969,005,000	138,027,000
1980	981,235,000	139,010,000
1981	993,885,000	139,941,000
1982	1,008,630,000	140,823,000
1983	1,023,310,000	141,668,000
1984	1,036,825,000	142,745,000
1985	1,051,040,000	143,858,000
1986	1,066,790,000	144,894,000
1987	1,084,035,000	145,908,000
1988	1,101,630,000	146,857,000
1989	1,118,650,000	147,721,000
1990	1,135,185,000	147,969,406
1991	1,150,780,000	148,394,216
1992	1,164,970,000	148,538,197
1993	1,178,440,000	148,458,777
1994	1,191,835,000	148,407,912
1995	1,204,855,000	148,375,787
1996	1,217,550,000	148,160,129
1997	1,230,075,000	147,915,361
1998	1,241,935,000	147,670,784
1999	1,252,735,000	147,214,776
2000	1,262,645,000	146,596,869
2001	1,271,850,000	145,976,482
2002	1,280,400,000	145,306,497
2003	1,288,400,000	144,648,618
2004	1,296,075,000	144,067,316
2005	1,303,720,000	143,518,814
2006	1,311,020,000	143,049,637
2007	1,317,885,000	142,805,114
2008	1,324,655,000	142,742,366
2009	1,331,260,000	142,785,348
2010	1,337,705,000	142,849,468
2011	1,345,035,000	143,018,195
2012	1,354,190,000	143,378,447
2013	1,363,240,000	143,805,638
2014	1,371,860,000	144,237,223
2015	1,379,860,000	144,640,716
2016	1,387,790,000	145,015,460
2017	1,396,215,000	145,293,260
2018	1,402,760,000	145,398,106
2019	1,407,745,000	145,453,291
2020	1,411,100,000	145,245,148
2021	1,412,360,000	144,746,762
2022	1,412,175,000	144,236,933
2023	1,410,710,000	143,826,130
2024	1,408,975,000	143,533,851

Fertility rates in China and Russia

Fertility rate

China

Russia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Russia
1960	4.45	2.52
1961	3.86	2.45
1962	6.09	2.36
1963	7.51	2.27
1964	6.67	2.18
1965	6.61	2.13
1966	6.31	2.1
1967	5.81	2.04
1968	6.51	1.99
1969	6.18	1.97
1970	6.09	1.99
1971	5.52	2.03
1972	5.11	2.04
1973	4.73	2.01
1974	4.17	2
1975	3.57	1.98
1976	3.24	1.97
1977	2.84	1.95
1978	2.72	1.92
1979	2.75	1.9
1980	2.74	1.89
1981	2.79	1.91
1982	2.97	2.04
1983	2.56	2.11
1984	2.61	2.06
1985	2.63	2.05
1986	2.72	2.15
1987	2.76	2.22
1988	2.54	2.12
1989	2.52	2.01
1990	2.51	1.89
1991	1.93	1.73
1992	1.78	1.55
1993	1.69	1.39
1994	1.63	1.4
1995	1.59	1.34
1996	1.55	1.27
1997	1.53	1.22
1998	1.52	1.23
1999	1.53	1.16
2000	1.63	1.2
2001	1.56	1.22
2002	1.57	1.29
2003	1.57	1.32
2004	1.61	1.34
2005	1.62	1.29
2006	1.64	1.31
2007	1.67	1.42
2008	1.7	1.5
2009	1.71	1.54
2010	1.69	1.57
2011	1.67	1.58
2012	1.8	1.69
2013	1.71	1.71
2014	1.77	1.75
2015	1.67	1.78
2016	1.77	1.76
2017	1.8	1.62
2018	1.54	1.58
2019	1.5	1.5
2020	1.24	1.51
2021	1.12	1.51
2022	1.03	1.42
2023	1	1.41

China and Russia demographics compared

Median age

China

Russia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Russia
1960	20.9	27.1
1961	21.1	27.4
1962	21	27.7
1963	20.4	28.1
1964	19.9	28.3
1965	19.6	28.6
1966	19.3	28.9
1967	19.2	29.2
1968	19.2	29.8
1969	19.1	30.3
1970	19.1	30.7
1971	19.2	31
1972	19.3	31.1
1973	19.5	31.1
1974	19.7	30.9
1975	20.1	30.7
1976	20.4	30.6
1977	20.8	30.9
1978	21.2	31
1979	21.4	31.1
1980	21.6	31.3
1981	21.8	31.4
1982	22.1	31.6
1983	22.6	31.7
1984	23	31.8
1985	23.2	32
1986	23.4	32.2
1987	23.6	32.4
1988	23.9	32.6
1989	24.4	32.9
1990	24.7	33.2
1991	25.1	33.6
1992	25.6	33.9
1993	26.1	34.4
1994	26.6	34.7
1995	27.2	35
1996	27.8	35.3
1997	28.3	35.7
1998	28.8	36
1999	29.4	36.3
2000	30	36.6
2001	30.5	36.8
2002	31.1	36.9
2003	31.6	37
2004	32.1	37.2
2005	32.6	37.4
2006	33.1	37.6
2007	33.7	37.7
2008	34.2	37.8
2009	34.7	37.9
2010	35.1	38
2011	35.5	38.1
2012	35.7	38.3
2013	36	38.4
2014	36.3	38.6
2015	36.7	38.7
2016	37.1	38.8
2017	37.4	39
2018	37.7	39.2
2019	38.1	39.4
2020	38.5	39.7
2021	39	39.9
2022	39.6	40.1
2023	40.1	40.5
2024	40.6	40.9

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