China vs Taiwan statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 23.4M in Taiwan (ranked 60/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan (ranked 2nd vs. 133rd).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Taiwan ranks 22/197 ($797B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Taiwan ranks 34/197 ($34,041).

China and Taiwan: Comparison Charts

China and Taiwan economies compared

GDP

China

Taiwan

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Taiwan
1960	$59,846,235,025	-
1961	$50,162,299,350	$1,778,000,000
1962	$47,310,737,754	$1,960,000,000
1963	$50,812,227,919	$2,218,000,000
1964	$59,821,862,703	$2,592,000,000
1965	$70,565,994,356	$2,869,000,000
1966	$76,854,053,259	$3,207,000,000
1967	$73,011,350,596	$3,709,000,000
1968	$70,980,323,819	$4,325,000,000
1969	$79,847,786,729	$5,017,000,000
1970	$92,752,930,873	$5,785,000,000
1971	$99,959,013,880	$6,727,000,000
1972	$113,871,930,714	$8,063,000,000
1973	$138,764,340,892	$10,940,000,000
1974	$144,418,433,058	$14,739,000,000
1975	$163,687,619,736	$15,836,000,000
1976	$154,196,810,059	$18,988,000,000
1977	$175,226,595,860	$22,252,000,000
1978	$149,788,617,886	$27,373,000,000
1979	$178,573,913,043	$33,875,000,000
1980	$191,487,500,000	$42,292,000,000
1981	$196,218,253,968	$49,047,000,000
1982	$205,480,916,031	$49,540,000,000
1983	$231,130,268,199	$54,155,000,000
1984	$260,442,857,143	$61,036,000,000
1985	$310,064,625,850	$63,599,000,000
1986	$301,310,144,928	$78,347,000,000
1987	$273,455,156,951	$104,956,000,000
1988	$312,888,888,889	$126,378,000,000
1989	$348,380,566,802	$152,687,000,000
1990	$361,560,229,446	$166,392,000,000
1991	$384,510,452,962	$187,100,000,000
1992	$428,502,354,788	$222,947,000,000
1993	$446,557,291,212	$234,943,000,000
1994	$566,929,539,493	$256,213,000,000
1995	$738,190,896,228	$279,013,000,000
1996	$868,523,936,530	$292,473,000,000
1997	$967,753,570,435	$303,315,000,000
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$279,926,000,000
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$303,827,000,000
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$330,725,000,000
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$299,303,000,000
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$307,429,000,000
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$317,374,000,000
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$346,881,000,000
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$374,042,000,000
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$386,492,000,000
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$406,940,000,000
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$415,824,000,000
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$390,788,000,000
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$444,245,000,000
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$483,957,000,000
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$495,536,000,000
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$512,957,000,000
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$535,332,000,000
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$534,474,000,000
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$543,002,000,000
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$591,734,000,000
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$610,744,000,000
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$613,453,000,000
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$676,935,000,000
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$777,062,000,000
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$765,529,000,000
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$757,276,000,000
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$796,904,000,000

China and Taiwan economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Taiwan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Taiwan
1960	$89.7	-
1961	$76	$161.2
1962	$71.1	$172
1963	$74.5	$188.6
1964	$85.7	$213.6
1965	$98.7	$229.3
1966	$104.5	$249.1
1967	$96.8	$280.8
1968	$91.6	$319
1969	$100.3	$357
1970	$113.3	$397
1971	$118.8	$451
1972	$132.1	$530
1973	$157.3	$706
1974	$160.4	$934
1975	$178.6	$985
1976	$165.7	$1,158
1977	$185.7	$1,330
1978	$156.7	$1,606
1979	$184.3	$1,950
1980	$195.1	$2,389
1981	$197.4	$2,720
1982	$203.7	$2,699
1983	$225.9	$2,903
1984	$251.2	$3,224
1985	$295	$3,314
1986	$282.4	$4,036
1987	$252.3	$5,350
1988	$284	$6,370
1989	$311	$7,613
1990	$319	$8,205
1991	$334	$9,125
1992	$368	$10,768
1993	$379	$11,242
1994	$476	$12,150
1995	$613	$13,119
1996	$713	$13,641
1997	$787	$14,020
1998	$835	$12,820
1999	$881	$13,804
2000	$969	$14,908
2001	$1,065	$13,397
2002	$1,164	$13,686
2003	$1,307	$14,066
2004	$1,531	$15,317
2005	$1,778	$16,456
2006	$2,129	$16,934
2007	$2,735	$17,757
2008	$3,523	$18,081
2009	$3,898	$16,933
2010	$4,629	$19,197
2011	$5,704	$20,866
2012	$6,405	$21,295
2013	$7,147	$21,973
2014	$7,781	$22,874
2015	$8,175	$22,780
2016	$8,255	$23,091
2017	$8,980	$25,121
2018	$10,086	$25,901
2019	$10,343	$25,998
2020	$10,627	$28,705
2021	$12,887	$33,111
2022	$12,971	$32,827
2023	$12,951	$32,442
2024	$13,303	$34,041

China vs. Taiwan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Taiwan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Taiwan
1950	43.8	56.6
1951	44.6	57.2
1952	45.3	57.9
1953	45.9	58.6
1954	46.8	58.9
1955	47.2	59.8
1956	47.8	60.3
1957	48.4	61
1958	48.8	61
1959	40.2	61.6
1960	33.4	62.5
1961	40.2	63
1962	51	63.8
1963	51.7	64.5
1964	52.3	64.9
1965	53	65.7
1966	53.7	66.1
1967	54.4	66.7
1968	55.2	66.8
1969	56	67.7
1970	56.8	69
1971	57.7	69.4
1972	58.6	69.6
1973	59.5	69.8
1974	60.2	70.3
1975	61	70.9
1976	61.2	71.2
1977	62.5	71.3
1978	63.1	71.7
1979	63.7	71.7
1980	64.2	72
1981	64.8	72
1982	65.2	72.4
1983	65.7	72.4
1984	66.1	73
1985	66.5	73.3
1986	66.9	73.3
1987	67.3	73.6
1988	67.6	73.4
1989	67.9	73.7
1990	68.2	73.9
1991	68.6	74.3
1992	69.1	74.3
1993	69.5	74.6
1994	69.8	74.7
1995	70.4	74.6
1996	70.8	74.9
1997	71.2	75.3
1998	71.6	75.5
1999	72	75.6
2000	72.3	76.1
2001	72.7	76.5
2002	73	76.9
2003	73.4	77
2004	73.7	77.2
2005	74.1	77.1
2006	74.4	77.8
2007	74.8	78
2008	74.8	78.3
2009	75.3	78.7
2010	75.7	79
2011	75.9	78.9
2012	76.2	79.2
2013	76.5	79.6
2014	76.7	79.5
2015	77	79.9
2016	77.2	79.7
2017	77.2	80.1
2018	77.7	80.4
2019	77.9	80.6
2020	78	81.1
2021	78.1	80.8
2022	78.2	80.2
2023	78	80.6
2024	78	80.7
2025	78.4	80.9

China and Taiwan population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Taiwan

Table

Year	Population
	China	Taiwan
1960	667,070,000	-
1961	660,330,000	11,030,385
1962	665,770,000	11,392,513
1963	682,335,000	11,762,101
1964	698,355,000	12,137,143
1965	715,185,000	12,511,863
1966	735,400,000	12,874,153
1967	754,550,000	13,210,344
1968	774,510,000	13,548,537
1969	796,025,000	14,068,984
1970	818,315,000	14,582,944
1971	841,105,000	14,913,564
1972	862,030,000	15,220,495
1973	881,940,000	15,505,121
1974	900,350,000	15,784,817
1975	916,395,000	16,075,128
1976	930,685,000	16,401,413
1977	943,455,000	16,730,895
1978	956,165,000	17,042,272
1979	969,005,000	17,372,779
1980	981,235,000	17,704,538
1981	993,885,000	18,029,982
1982	1,008,630,000	18,354,855
1983	1,023,310,000	18,653,146
1984	1,036,825,000	18,929,866
1985	1,051,040,000	19,191,510
1986	1,066,790,000	19,411,454
1987	1,084,035,000	19,617,046
1988	1,101,630,000	19,839,704
1989	1,118,650,000	20,055,492
1990	1,135,185,000	20,278,946
1991	1,150,780,000	20,503,568
1992	1,164,970,000	20,704,227
1993	1,178,440,000	20,899,019
1994	1,191,835,000	21,086,645
1995	1,204,855,000	21,267,653
1996	1,217,550,000	21,441,432
1997	1,230,075,000	21,634,124
1998	1,241,935,000	21,835,703
1999	1,252,735,000	22,010,489
2000	1,262,645,000	22,184,530
2001	1,271,850,000	22,341,120
2002	1,280,400,000	22,463,172
2003	1,288,400,000	22,562,663
2004	1,296,075,000	22,646,836
2005	1,303,720,000	22,729,753
2006	1,311,020,000	22,823,455
2007	1,317,885,000	22,917,444
2008	1,324,655,000	22,997,696
2009	1,331,260,000	23,078,402
2010	1,337,705,000	23,140,948
2011	1,345,035,000	23,193,518
2012	1,354,190,000	23,270,367
2013	1,363,240,000	23,344,670
2014	1,371,860,000	23,403,635
2015	1,379,860,000	23,462,914
2016	1,387,790,000	23,515,945
2017	1,396,215,000	23,555,522
2018	1,402,760,000	23,580,080
2019	1,407,745,000	23,596,027
2020	1,411,100,000	23,582,179
2021	1,412,360,000	23,468,275
2022	1,412,175,000	23,319,977
2023	1,410,710,000	23,342,541
2024	1,408,975,000	23,410,331

Fertility rates in China and Taiwan

Fertility rate

China

Taiwan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Taiwan
1951	-	7.04
1952	-	-
1953	-	-
1954	-	-
1955	-	-
1956	-	-
1957	-	-
1958	-	-
1959	-	-
1960	4.45	-
1961	3.86	-
1962	6.09	-
1963	7.51	-
1964	6.67	-
1965	6.61	-
1966	6.31	-
1967	5.81	-
1968	6.51	-
1969	6.18	-
1970	6.09	-
1971	5.52	-
1972	5.11	-
1973	4.73	-
1974	4.17	-
1975	3.57	-
1976	3.24	-
1977	2.84	-
1978	2.72	-
1979	2.75	-
1980	2.74	-
1981	2.79	2.46
1982	2.97	-
1983	2.56	-
1984	2.61	-
1985	2.63	-
1986	2.72	-
1987	2.76	-
1988	2.54	-
1989	2.52	-
1990	2.51	-
1991	1.93	1.72
1992	1.78	-
1993	1.69	-
1994	1.63	-
1995	1.59	-
1996	1.55	-
1997	1.53	-
1998	1.52	-
1999	1.53	-
2000	1.63	-
2001	1.56	1.4
2002	1.57	-
2003	1.57	-
2004	1.61	-
2005	1.62	-
2006	1.64	-
2007	1.67	-
2008	1.7	-
2009	1.71	-
2010	1.69	-
2011	1.67	1.07
2012	1.8	-
2013	1.71	-
2014	1.77	-
2015	1.67	1.18
2016	1.77	1.17
2017	1.8	1.13
2018	1.54	1.06
2019	1.5	1.05
2020	1.24	0.99
2021	1.12	0.98
2022	1.03	0.87
2023	1	0.87
2024	-	0.89

China and Taiwan demographics compared

Median age

China

Taiwan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Taiwan
1960	20.9	-
1961	21.1	-
1962	21	-
1963	20.4	-
1964	19.9	-
1965	19.6	-
1966	19.3	-
1967	19.2	-
1968	19.2	-
1969	19.1	-
1970	19.1	-
1971	19.2	-
1972	19.3	-
1973	19.5	-
1974	19.7	20.8
1975	20.1	21.2
1976	20.4	21.5
1977	20.8	21.9
1978	21.2	22.3
1979	21.4	22.6
1980	21.6	23
1981	21.8	23.4
1982	22.1	23.8
1983	22.6	24.1
1984	23	24.6
1985	23.2	25.1
1986	23.4	25.6
1987	23.6	26.1
1988	23.9	26.5
1989	24.4	27
1990	24.7	27.5
1991	25.1	28
1992	25.6	28.4
1993	26.1	28.9
1994	26.6	29.4
1995	27.2	29.8
1996	27.8	30.3
1997	28.3	30.7
1998	28.8	31.2
1999	29.4	31.6
2000	30	32.1
2001	30.5	32.6
2002	31.1	33.1
2003	31.6	33.6
2004	32.1	34.1
2005	32.6	34.7
2006	33.1	35.2
2007	33.7	35.8
2008	34.2	36.3
2009	34.7	36.8
2010	35.1	37.4
2011	35.5	37.9
2012	35.7	38.3
2013	36	38.9
2014	36.3	39.3
2015	36.7	39.9
2016	37.1	40.4
2017	37.4	41
2018	37.7	41.5
2019	38.1	42.1
2020	38.5	42.7
2021	39	43.3
2022	39.6	43.9
2023	40.1	44.5
2024	40.6	45.1

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