China vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 2nd vs. 122nd).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

China and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

China and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

China

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Sri Lanka
1960	$59,846,235,025	$1,409,873,950
1961	$50,162,299,350	$1,444,327,731
1962	$47,310,737,754	$1,434,156,379
1963	$50,812,227,919	$1,240,672,269
1964	$59,821,862,703	$1,309,747,899
1965	$70,565,994,356	$1,698,319,328
1966	$76,854,053,259	$1,751,470,588
1967	$73,011,350,596	$1,859,465,021
1968	$70,980,323,819	$1,801,344,538
1969	$79,847,786,729	$1,965,546,218
1970	$92,752,930,873	$2,296,470,588
1971	$99,959,013,880	$2,369,308,600
1972	$113,871,930,714	$2,553,936,348
1973	$138,764,340,892	$2,875,625,000
1974	$144,418,433,058	$3,574,586,466
1975	$163,687,619,736	$3,791,298,146
1976	$154,196,810,059	$3,591,319,857
1977	$175,226,595,860	$4,104,509,583
1978	$149,788,617,886	$2,733,183,857
1979	$178,573,913,043	$3,364,611,432
1980	$191,487,500,000	$4,024,621,900
1981	$196,218,253,968	$4,415,844,156
1982	$205,480,916,031	$4,768,765,017
1983	$231,130,268,199	$5,167,913,302
1984	$260,442,857,143	$6,043,474,843
1985	$310,064,625,850	$5,978,460,972
1986	$301,310,144,928	$6,405,210,564
1987	$273,455,156,951	$6,682,167,120
1988	$312,888,888,889	$6,978,371,581
1989	$348,380,566,802	$6,987,267,684
1990	$361,560,229,446	$8,032,551,173
1991	$384,510,452,962	$9,000,362,582
1992	$428,502,354,788	$9,703,011,636
1993	$446,557,291,212	$10,338,679,636
1994	$566,929,539,493	$11,717,604,209
1995	$738,190,896,228	$13,029,697,561
1996	$868,523,936,530	$13,897,738,375
1997	$967,753,570,435	$15,091,913,884
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$15,794,972,847
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$15,656,327,860
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$16,330,814,180
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$15,749,753,805
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$16,536,535,647
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$18,881,765,437
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$20,662,525,941
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$24,405,791,045
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$28,279,802,406
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$32,350,238,760
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$40,713,826,215
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$42,066,224,093
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$58,636,161,082
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$67,753,284,044
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$70,447,216,891
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$77,000,578,167
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$82,528,535,714
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$85,090,301,052
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$88,000,211,172
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$94,369,350,286
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$94,450,015,983
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$88,998,706,297
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$84,335,574,582
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$88,556,698,938
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$74,143,020,263
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$83,716,142,582
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$98,963,185,510

China and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Sri Lanka
1960	$89.7	$145.9
1961	$76	$145.9
1962	$71.1	$141.4
1963	$74.5	$119.4
1964	$85.7	$122.9
1965	$98.7	$155.6
1966	$104.5	$156.6
1967	$96.8	$162.3
1968	$91.6	$153.5
1969	$100.3	$163.6
1970	$113.3	$186.9
1971	$118.8	$188.8
1972	$132.1	$199.4
1973	$157.3	$220.2
1974	$160.4	$268.7
1975	$178.6	$279.8
1976	$165.7	$260.3
1977	$185.7	$292.1
1978	$156.7	$191
1979	$184.3	$230.8
1980	$195.1	$271.1
1981	$197.4	$292.5
1982	$203.7	$312
1983	$225.9	$336
1984	$251.2	$391
1985	$295	$385
1986	$282.4	$407
1987	$252.3	$420
1988	$284	$434
1989	$311	$430
1990	$319	$491
1991	$334	$546
1992	$368	$580
1993	$379	$607
1994	$476	$678
1995	$613	$742
1996	$713	$776
1997	$787	$827
1998	$835	$849
1999	$881	$826
2000	$969	$846
2001	$1,065	$804
2002	$1,164	$835
2003	$1,307	$946
2004	$1,531	$1,029
2005	$1,778	$1,207
2006	$2,129	$1,390
2007	$2,735	$1,579
2008	$3,523	$1,974
2009	$3,898	$2,027
2010	$4,629	$2,808
2011	$5,704	$3,225
2012	$6,405	$3,328
2013	$7,147	$3,741
2014	$7,781	$3,972
2015	$8,175	$4,058
2016	$8,255	$4,149
2017	$8,980	$4,399
2018	$10,086	$4,359
2019	$10,343	$4,082
2020	$10,627	$3,848
2021	$12,887	$3,997
2022	$12,971	$3,343
2023	$12,951	$3,799
2024	$13,303	$4,516

China vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Sri Lanka
1950	43.8	53.2
1951	44.6	54
1952	45.3	54.9
1953	45.9	55.6
1954	46.8	56.4
1955	47.2	57.2
1956	47.8	57.9
1957	48.4	58.5
1958	48.8	59.3
1959	40.2	60
1960	33.4	60.6
1961	40.2	61.2
1962	51	61.6
1963	51.7	62
1964	52.3	62.4
1965	53	62.8
1966	53.7	63.2
1967	54.4	63.6
1968	55.2	63.9
1969	56	64.1
1970	56.8	64.4
1971	57.7	64.2
1972	58.6	64.6
1973	59.5	64.8
1974	60.2	65
1975	61	65.4
1976	61.2	65.8
1977	62.5	66.4
1978	63.1	66.8
1979	63.7	67.5
1980	64.2	68
1981	64.8	68.4
1982	65.2	68.7
1983	65.7	68.7
1984	66.1	68.8
1985	66.5	68.9
1986	66.9	69
1987	67.3	69
1988	67.6	69
1989	67.9	67.3
1990	68.2	69.2
1991	68.6	69.1
1992	69.1	69.6
1993	69.5	70
1994	69.8	70.2
1995	70.4	69.7
1996	70.8	69.8
1997	71.2	69.9
1998	71.6	70.1
1999	72	70.4
2000	72.3	71.2
2001	72.7	71.8
2002	73	72.3
2003	73.4	72.4
2004	73.7	68
2005	74.1	73.1
2006	74.4	72.8
2007	74.8	73
2008	74.8	72.6
2009	75.3	70.3
2010	75.7	74.5
2011	75.9	74.7
2012	76.2	75.2
2013	76.5	75.5
2014	76.7	75.8
2015	77	76
2016	77.2	76.1
2017	77.2	76.2
2018	77.7	76.5
2019	77.9	76.7
2020	78	76.9
2021	78.1	76.3
2022	78.2	77.3
2023	78	77.5
2024	78	77.7
2025	78.4	77.9

China and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	China	Sri Lanka
1960	667,070,000	9,661,389
1961	660,330,000	9,899,372
1962	665,770,000	10,143,754
1963	682,335,000	10,395,040
1964	698,355,000	10,653,397
1965	715,185,000	10,916,965
1966	735,400,000	11,183,928
1967	754,550,000	11,457,328
1968	774,510,000	11,736,088
1969	796,025,000	12,013,858
1970	818,315,000	12,287,110
1971	841,105,000	12,551,910
1972	862,030,000	12,809,205
1973	881,940,000	13,060,916
1974	900,350,000	13,305,693
1975	916,395,000	13,548,984
1976	930,685,000	13,796,770
1977	943,455,000	14,049,371
1978	956,165,000	14,310,128
1979	969,005,000	14,579,614
1980	981,235,000	14,847,974
1981	993,885,000	15,099,414
1982	1,008,630,000	15,286,567
1983	1,023,310,000	15,388,794
1984	1,036,825,000	15,441,860
1985	1,051,040,000	15,544,154
1986	1,066,790,000	15,731,256
1987	1,084,035,000	15,916,576
1988	1,101,630,000	16,078,621
1989	1,118,650,000	16,248,557
1990	1,135,185,000	16,352,458
1991	1,150,780,000	16,475,354
1992	1,164,970,000	16,739,284
1993	1,178,440,000	17,025,918
1994	1,191,835,000	17,275,773
1995	1,204,855,000	17,564,068
1996	1,217,550,000	17,905,018
1997	1,230,075,000	18,248,200
1998	1,241,935,000	18,596,003
1999	1,252,735,000	18,944,731
2000	1,262,645,000	19,293,054
2001	1,271,850,000	19,600,362
2002	1,280,400,000	19,805,752
2003	1,288,400,000	19,951,521
2004	1,296,075,000	20,087,605
2005	1,303,720,000	20,216,524
2006	1,311,020,000	20,352,411
2007	1,317,885,000	20,492,545
2008	1,324,655,000	20,629,378
2009	1,331,260,000	20,756,435
2010	1,337,705,000	20,879,089
2011	1,345,035,000	21,009,048
2012	1,354,190,000	21,169,458
2013	1,363,240,000	20,585,000
2014	1,371,860,000	20,778,000
2015	1,379,860,000	20,970,000
2016	1,387,790,000	21,209,000
2017	1,396,215,000	21,453,000
2018	1,402,760,000	21,670,000
2019	1,407,745,000	21,803,000
2020	1,411,100,000	21,919,000
2021	1,412,360,000	22,156,000
2022	1,412,175,000	22,181,000
2023	1,410,710,000	22,037,000
2024	1,408,975,000	21,916,000

Fertility rates in China and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

China

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Sri Lanka
1960	4.45	5.35
1961	3.86	5.24
1962	6.09	5.18
1963	7.51	5.12
1964	6.67	5.06
1965	6.61	4.93
1966	6.31	4.83
1967	5.81	4.79
1968	6.51	4.66
1969	6.18	4.5
1970	6.09	4.39
1971	5.52	4.27
1972	5.11	4.16
1973	4.73	4
1974	4.17	3.86
1975	3.57	3.82
1976	3.24	3.78
1977	2.84	3.74
1978	2.72	3.81
1979	2.75	3.82
1980	2.74	3.73
1981	2.79	3.65
1982	2.97	3.32
1983	2.56	3.11
1984	2.61	3.01
1985	2.63	2.9
1986	2.72	2.74
1987	2.76	2.64
1988	2.54	2.57
1989	2.52	2.58
1990	2.51	2.54
1991	1.93	2.51
1992	1.78	2.49
1993	1.69	2.44
1994	1.63	2.4
1995	1.59	2.35
1996	1.55	2.29
1997	1.53	2.22
1998	1.52	2.14
1999	1.53	2.14
2000	1.63	2.21
2001	1.56	2.28
2002	1.57	2.31
2003	1.57	2.3
2004	1.61	2.27
2005	1.62	2.26
2006	1.64	2.29
2007	1.67	2.3
2008	1.7	2.23
2009	1.71	2.18
2010	1.69	2.13
2011	1.67	2.14
2012	1.8	2.17
2013	1.71	2.18
2014	1.77	2.13
2015	1.67	2.09
2016	1.77	2.06
2017	1.8	2.04
2018	1.54	2.03
2019	1.5	2.02
2020	1.24	2.01
2021	1.12	2
2022	1.03	1.98
2023	1	1.97

China and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

China

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Sri Lanka
1960	20.9	19.5
1961	21.1	19.5
1962	21	19.5
1963	20.4	19.5
1964	19.9	19.5
1965	19.6	19.5
1966	19.3	19.6
1967	19.2	19.7
1968	19.2	19.8
1969	19.1	19.9
1970	19.1	20
1971	19.2	20.1
1972	19.3	20.2
1973	19.5	20.4
1974	19.7	20.6
1975	20.1	20.7
1976	20.4	20.9
1977	20.8	21
1978	21.2	21.2
1979	21.4	21.3
1980	21.6	21.5
1981	21.8	21.6
1982	22.1	21.7
1983	22.6	21.9
1984	23	22
1985	23.2	22.2
1986	23.4	22.5
1987	23.6	22.8
1988	23.9	23.1
1989	24.4	23.4
1990	24.7	23.6
1991	25.1	23.9
1992	25.6	24.3
1993	26.1	24.6
1994	26.6	24.9
1995	27.2	25.3
1996	27.8	25.8
1997	28.3	26.2
1998	28.8	26.5
1999	29.4	26.9
2000	30	27.2
2001	30.5	27.6
2002	31.1	27.9
2003	31.6	28.2
2004	32.1	28.5
2005	32.6	28.8
2006	33.1	29
2007	33.7	29.3
2008	34.2	29.6
2009	34.7	29.9
2010	35.1	30.2
2011	35.5	30.5
2012	35.7	30.8
2013	36	31.1
2014	36.3	31.4
2015	36.7	31.7
2016	37.1	32
2017	37.4	32.3
2018	37.7	32.5
2019	38.1	32.8
2020	38.5	33.1
2021	39	33.3
2022	39.6	33.6
2023	40.1	33.8
2024	40.6	34.1

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