China vs Singapore statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 6.04M in Singapore (ranked 113/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 277.2 sq mi for Singapore (ranked 2nd vs. 177th).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Singapore ranks 27/197 ($547B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Singapore ranks 7/197 ($90,674).

China and Singapore: Comparison Charts

China and Singapore economies compared

GDP

China

Singapore

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Singapore
1960	$59,846,235,025	$704,751,700
1961	$50,162,299,350	$764,629,788
1962	$47,310,737,754	$826,239,212
1963	$50,812,227,919	$917,608,012
1964	$59,821,862,703	$894,153,311
1965	$70,565,994,356	$974,644,096
1966	$76,854,053,259	$1,096,425,608
1967	$73,011,350,596	$1,238,035,816
1968	$70,980,323,819	$1,425,706,091
1969	$79,847,786,729	$1,659,893,768
1970	$92,752,930,873	$1,920,574,150
1971	$99,959,013,880	$2,263,785,444
1972	$113,871,930,714	$2,721,440,981
1973	$138,764,340,892	$3,696,213,333
1974	$144,418,433,058	$5,221,534,956
1975	$163,687,619,736	$5,633,673,930
1976	$154,196,810,059	$6,327,077,974
1977	$175,226,595,860	$6,618,585,074
1978	$149,788,617,886	$7,517,176,355
1979	$178,573,913,043	$9,296,921,724
1980	$191,487,500,000	$11,896,256,783
1981	$196,218,253,968	$14,175,228,844
1982	$205,480,916,031	$16,084,252,378
1983	$231,130,268,199	$17,784,112,150
1984	$260,442,857,143	$19,749,361,098
1985	$310,064,625,850	$19,156,532,746
1986	$301,310,144,928	$18,586,746,057
1987	$273,455,156,951	$20,919,215,578
1988	$312,888,888,889	$25,371,462,488
1989	$348,380,566,802	$30,465,364,739
1990	$361,560,229,446	$36,144,336,769
1991	$384,510,452,962	$45,466,164,978
1992	$428,502,354,788	$52,131,320,033
1993	$446,557,291,212	$60,603,815,716
1994	$566,929,539,493	$73,688,724,431
1995	$738,190,896,228	$87,812,540,788
1996	$868,523,936,530	$96,293,086,513
1997	$967,753,570,435	$100,123,787,215
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$85,728,207,782
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$86,286,849,755
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$96,076,539,926
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$89,793,790,670
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$92,538,372,870
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$97,646,401,096
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$115,033,593,101
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$127,807,848,728
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$148,627,286,361
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$180,941,701,358
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$193,617,323,539
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$194,150,283,772
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$239,807,980,591
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$279,356,499,090
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$295,092,888,077
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$307,576,360,585
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$314,863,580,758
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$307,998,545,269
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$319,646,468,521
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$343,673,334,902
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$377,123,710,561
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$376,161,998,830
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$349,165,858,545
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$436,591,382,250
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$509,017,841,147
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$505,439,514,078
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$547,386,645,892

China and Singapore economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Singapore

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Singapore
1960	$89.7	$428
1961	$76	$449
1962	$71.1	$472
1963	$74.5	$511
1964	$85.7	$486
1965	$98.7	$517
1966	$104.5	$567
1967	$96.8	$626
1968	$91.6	$709
1969	$100.3	$813
1970	$113.3	$926
1971	$118.8	$1,071
1972	$132.1	$1,264
1973	$157.3	$1,685
1974	$160.4	$2,342
1975	$178.6	$2,490
1976	$165.7	$2,759
1977	$185.7	$2,846
1978	$156.7	$3,194
1979	$184.3	$3,901
1980	$195.1	$4,928
1981	$197.4	$5,597
1982	$203.7	$6,078
1983	$225.9	$6,633
1984	$251.2	$7,228
1985	$295	$7,002
1986	$282.4	$6,800
1987	$252.3	$7,539
1988	$284	$8,914
1989	$311	$10,395
1990	$319	$11,862
1991	$334	$14,502
1992	$368	$16,136
1993	$379	$18,290
1994	$476	$21,552
1995	$613	$24,915
1996	$713	$26,233
1997	$787	$26,376
1998	$835	$21,829
1999	$881	$21,797
2000	$969	$23,853
2001	$1,065	$21,700
2002	$1,164	$22,160
2003	$1,307	$23,730
2004	$1,531	$27,608
2005	$1,778	$29,961
2006	$2,129	$33,768
2007	$2,735	$39,433
2008	$3,523	$40,009
2009	$3,898	$38,927
2010	$4,629	$47,237
2011	$5,704	$53,891
2012	$6,405	$55,548
2013	$7,147	$56,967
2014	$7,781	$57,565
2015	$8,175	$55,646
2016	$8,255	$57,006
2017	$8,980	$61,236
2018	$10,086	$66,882
2019	$10,343	$65,952
2020	$10,627	$61,410
2021	$12,887	$80,056
2022	$12,971	$90,299
2023	$12,951	$85,412
2024	$13,303	$90,674

China vs. Singapore life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Singapore

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Singapore
1950	43.8	54.1
1951	44.6	55.3
1952	45.3	56.4
1953	45.9	57.5
1954	46.8	59.4
1955	47.2	61.2
1956	47.8	62.6
1957	48.4	63.4
1958	48.8	64
1959	40.2	64.8
1960	33.4	65.3
1961	40.2	65.7
1962	51	66.1
1963	51.7	66.5
1964	52.3	66.7
1965	53	66.9
1966	53.7	67.2
1967	54.4	67.3
1968	55.2	67.7
1969	56	68.1
1970	56.8	68.5
1971	57.7	68.8
1972	58.6	69
1973	59.5	69.4
1974	60.2	69.7
1975	61	70.2
1976	61.2	70.6
1977	62.5	70.9
1978	63.1	71.2
1979	63.7	71.4
1980	64.2	71.5
1981	64.8	71.7
1982	65.2	72
1983	65.7	72.4
1984	66.1	72.6
1985	66.5	73.1
1986	66.9	73.6
1987	67.3	74
1988	67.6	74
1989	67.9	74.3
1990	68.2	74.6
1991	68.6	75.1
1992	69.1	75.3
1993	69.5	75.5
1994	69.8	75.6
1995	70.4	75.7
1996	70.8	76.1
1997	71.2	76.4
1998	71.6	76.9
1999	72	77.3
2000	72.3	77.8
2001	72.7	78.3
2002	73	78.7
2003	73.4	79.2
2004	73.7	79.7
2005	74.1	80.3
2006	74.4	80.6
2007	74.8	80.9
2008	74.8	81.1
2009	75.3	81.4
2010	75.7	81.6
2011	75.9	81.9
2012	76.2	82.2
2013	76.5	82.5
2014	76.7	82.6
2015	77	82.7
2016	77.2	82.9
2017	77.2	83.1
2018	77.7	83.4
2019	77.9	83.7
2020	78	83.7
2021	78.1	83.5
2022	78.2	82.9
2023	78	83.7
2024	78	83.9
2025	78.4	84

China and Singapore population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Singapore

Table

Year	Population
	China	Singapore
1960	667,070,000	1,646,400
1961	660,330,000	1,702,400
1962	665,770,000	1,750,200
1963	682,335,000	1,795,000
1964	698,355,000	1,841,600
1965	715,185,000	1,886,900
1966	735,400,000	1,934,400
1967	754,550,000	1,977,600
1968	774,510,000	2,012,000
1969	796,025,000	2,042,500
1970	818,315,000	2,074,507
1971	841,105,000	2,112,900
1972	862,030,000	2,152,400
1973	881,940,000	2,193,000
1974	900,350,000	2,229,800
1975	916,395,000	2,262,600
1976	930,685,000	2,293,300
1977	943,455,000	2,325,300
1978	956,165,000	2,353,600
1979	969,005,000	2,383,500
1980	981,235,000	2,413,945
1981	993,885,000	2,532,835
1982	1,008,630,000	2,646,466
1983	1,023,310,000	2,681,061
1984	1,036,825,000	2,732,221
1985	1,051,040,000	2,735,957
1986	1,066,790,000	2,733,373
1987	1,084,035,000	2,774,789
1988	1,101,630,000	2,846,108
1989	1,118,650,000	2,930,901
1990	1,135,185,000	3,047,132
1991	1,150,780,000	3,135,083
1992	1,164,970,000	3,230,698
1993	1,178,440,000	3,313,471
1994	1,191,835,000	3,419,048
1995	1,204,855,000	3,524,506
1996	1,217,550,000	3,670,704
1997	1,230,075,000	3,796,038
1998	1,241,935,000	3,927,213
1999	1,252,735,000	3,958,723
2000	1,262,645,000	4,027,887
2001	1,271,850,000	4,138,012
2002	1,280,400,000	4,175,950
2003	1,288,400,000	4,114,826
2004	1,296,075,000	4,166,664
2005	1,303,720,000	4,265,762
2006	1,311,020,000	4,401,365
2007	1,317,885,000	4,588,599
2008	1,324,655,000	4,839,396
2009	1,331,260,000	4,987,573
2010	1,337,705,000	5,076,732
2011	1,345,035,000	5,183,688
2012	1,354,190,000	5,312,437
2013	1,363,240,000	5,399,162
2014	1,371,860,000	5,469,724
2015	1,379,860,000	5,535,002
2016	1,387,790,000	5,607,283
2017	1,396,215,000	5,612,253
2018	1,402,760,000	5,638,676
2019	1,407,745,000	5,703,569
2020	1,411,100,000	5,685,807
2021	1,412,360,000	5,453,566
2022	1,412,175,000	5,637,022
2023	1,410,710,000	5,917,648
2024	1,408,975,000	6,036,860

Fertility rates in China and Singapore

Fertility rate

China

Singapore

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Singapore
1960	4.45	5.76
1961	3.86	5.41
1962	6.09	5.21
1963	7.51	5.16
1964	6.67	4.97
1965	6.61	4.66
1966	6.31	4.46
1967	5.81	3.91
1968	6.51	3.53
1969	6.18	3.22
1970	6.09	3.07
1971	5.52	3.02
1972	5.11	3.04
1973	4.73	2.79
1974	4.17	2.35
1975	3.57	2.07
1976	3.24	2.11
1977	2.84	1.82
1978	2.72	1.79
1979	2.75	1.79
1980	2.74	1.82
1981	2.79	1.78
1982	2.97	1.74
1983	2.56	1.61
1984	2.61	1.62
1985	2.63	1.61
1986	2.72	1.43
1987	2.76	1.62
1988	2.54	1.96
1989	2.52	1.75
1990	2.51	1.83
1991	1.93	1.73
1992	1.78	1.72
1993	1.69	1.74
1994	1.63	1.71
1995	1.59	1.67
1996	1.55	1.66
1997	1.53	1.61
1998	1.52	1.48
1999	1.53	1.47
2000	1.63	1.6
2001	1.56	1.41
2002	1.57	1.37
2003	1.57	1.27
2004	1.61	1.26
2005	1.62	1.26
2006	1.64	1.28
2007	1.67	1.29
2008	1.7	1.28
2009	1.71	1.22
2010	1.69	1.15
2011	1.67	1.2
2012	1.8	1.29
2013	1.71	1.19
2014	1.77	1.25
2015	1.67	1.24
2016	1.77	1.2
2017	1.8	1.16
2018	1.54	1.14
2019	1.5	1.14
2020	1.24	1.1
2021	1.12	1.12
2022	1.03	1.04
2023	1	0.97

China and Singapore demographics compared

Median age

China

Singapore

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Singapore
1960	20.9	18.2
1961	21.1	18.1
1962	21	18
1963	20.4	18
1964	19.9	18.1
1965	19.6	18.2
1966	19.3	18.4
1967	19.2	18.6
1968	19.2	18.9
1969	19.1	19.3
1970	19.1	19.7
1971	19.2	20.1
1972	19.3	20.6
1973	19.5	21
1974	19.7	21.5
1975	20.1	22
1976	20.4	22.6
1977	20.8	23.1
1978	21.2	23.6
1979	21.4	24.2
1980	21.6	24.7
1981	21.8	25.3
1982	22.1	25.9
1983	22.6	26.4
1984	23	26.9
1985	23.2	27.3
1986	23.4	27.8
1987	23.6	28.3
1988	23.9	28.7
1989	24.4	29.1
1990	24.7	29.5
1991	25.1	29.8
1992	25.6	30.1
1993	26.1	30.4
1994	26.6	30.7
1995	27.2	31
1996	27.8	31.2
1997	28.3	31.4
1998	28.8	31.6
1999	29.4	31.9
2000	30	32.2
2001	30.5	32.5
2002	31.1	32.7
2003	31.6	33
2004	32.1	33.3
2005	32.6	33.5
2006	33.1	33.6
2007	33.7	33.6
2008	34.2	33.5
2009	34.7	33.6
2010	35.1	33.7
2011	35.5	33.9
2012	35.7	34
2013	36	34.1
2014	36.3	34.2
2015	36.7	34.4
2016	37.1	34.5
2017	37.4	34.8
2018	37.7	35
2019	38.1	35.2
2020	38.5	35.5
2021	39	35.8
2022	39.6	35.9
2023	40.1	36.2
2024	40.6	36.8

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