China vs United Kingdom statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 2nd vs. 78th).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

China and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

China and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

China

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	China	United Kingdom
1960	$59,846,235,025	$73,233,967,692
1961	$50,162,299,350	$77,741,965,703
1962	$47,310,737,754	$81,247,564,157
1963	$50,812,227,919	$86,561,961,812
1964	$59,821,862,703	$94,407,558,351
1965	$70,565,994,356	$101,824,755,079
1966	$76,854,053,259	$108,572,752,102
1967	$73,011,350,596	$113,116,888,211
1968	$70,980,323,819	$107,759,910,068
1969	$79,847,786,729	$116,464,702,803
1970	$92,752,930,873	$130,671,946,244
1971	$99,959,013,880	$148,113,896,325
1972	$113,871,930,714	$169,965,034,965
1973	$138,764,340,892	$192,537,971,583
1974	$144,418,433,058	$206,131,369,799
1975	$163,687,619,736	$241,756,637,168
1976	$154,196,810,059	$232,614,555,256
1977	$175,226,595,860	$263,066,457,352
1978	$149,788,617,886	$335,883,029,722
1979	$178,573,913,043	$438,994,070,309
1980	$191,487,500,000	$564,947,710,899
1981	$196,218,253,968	$540,765,675,241
1982	$205,480,916,031	$515,048,916,841
1983	$231,130,268,199	$489,618,008,186
1984	$260,442,857,143	$461,487,097,632
1985	$310,064,625,850	$489,285,164,271
1986	$301,310,144,928	$601,452,653,181
1987	$273,455,156,951	$745,162,608,269
1988	$312,888,888,889	$910,122,732,124
1989	$348,380,566,802	$926,884,816,754
1990	$361,560,229,446	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$384,510,452,962	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$428,502,354,788	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$446,557,291,212	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$566,929,539,493	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$738,190,896,228	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$868,523,936,530	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$967,753,570,435	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$3,643,834,188,783

China and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

China

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	United Kingdom
1960	$89.7	$1,398
1961	$76	$1,472
1962	$71.1	$1,526
1963	$74.5	$1,613
1964	$85.7	$1,748
1965	$98.7	$1,874
1966	$104.5	$1,987
1967	$96.8	$2,059
1968	$91.6	$1,952
1969	$100.3	$2,101
1970	$113.3	$2,348
1971	$118.8	$2,650
1972	$132.1	$3,030
1973	$157.3	$3,426
1974	$160.4	$3,666
1975	$178.6	$4,300
1976	$165.7	$4,138
1977	$185.7	$4,681
1978	$156.7	$5,977
1979	$184.3	$7,805
1980	$195.1	$10,032
1981	$197.4	$9,599
1982	$203.7	$9,146
1983	$225.9	$8,692
1984	$251.2	$8,179
1985	$295	$8,652
1986	$282.4	$10,611
1987	$252.3	$13,119
1988	$284	$15,987
1989	$311	$16,239
1990	$319	$19,095
1991	$334	$19,901
1992	$368	$20,487
1993	$379	$18,389
1994	$476	$19,709
1995	$613	$23,169
1996	$713	$24,406
1997	$787	$26,766
1998	$835	$28,275
1999	$881	$28,762
2000	$969	$28,281
2001	$1,065	$27,907
2002	$1,164	$30,078
2003	$1,307	$34,443
2004	$1,531	$40,367
2005	$1,778	$42,105
2006	$2,129	$44,512
2007	$2,735	$50,398
2008	$3,523	$47,396
2009	$3,898	$38,744
2010	$4,629	$39,599
2011	$5,704	$42,110
2012	$6,405	$42,490
2013	$7,147	$43,419
2014	$7,781	$47,427
2015	$8,175	$44,984
2016	$8,255	$40,988
2017	$8,980	$40,629
2018	$10,086	$43,315
2019	$10,343	$42,794
2020	$10,627	$40,405
2021	$12,887	$46,926
2022	$12,971	$46,063
2023	$12,951	$49,201
2024	$13,303	$52,637

China vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	United Kingdom
1950	43.8	68.6
1951	44.6	68.2
1952	45.3	69.5
1953	45.9	69.8
1954	46.8	70.2
1955	47.2	70.1
1956	47.8	70.4
1957	48.4	70.5
1958	48.8	70.7
1959	40.2	70.8
1960	33.4	71
1961	40.2	70.8
1962	51	70.9
1963	51.7	70.8
1964	52.3	71.5
1965	53	71.5
1966	53.7	71.4
1967	54.4	72.1
1968	55.2	71.7
1969	56	71.7
1970	56.8	71.9
1971	57.7	72.2
1972	58.6	72
1973	59.5	72.2
1974	60.2	72.4
1975	61	72.7
1976	61.2	72.6
1977	62.5	73.1
1978	63.1	73
1979	63.7	73.2
1980	64.2	73.6
1981	64.8	73.9
1982	65.2	74
1983	65.7	74.3
1984	66.1	74.7
1985	66.5	74.5
1986	66.9	74.8
1987	67.3	75.1
1988	67.6	75.3
1989	67.9	75.4
1990	68.2	75.7
1991	68.6	75.9
1992	69.1	76.3
1993	69.5	76.2
1994	69.8	76.7
1995	70.4	76.6
1996	70.8	76.9
1997	71.2	77.1
1998	71.6	77.3
1999	72	77.4
2000	72.3	77.8
2001	72.7	78.1
2002	73	78.2
2003	73.4	78.3
2004	73.7	78.9
2005	74.1	79.1
2006	74.4	79.3
2007	74.8	79.5
2008	74.8	79.7
2009	75.3	80.2
2010	75.7	80.4
2011	75.9	80.8
2012	76.2	80.9
2013	76.5	80.9
2014	76.7	81.2
2015	77	80.9
2016	77.2	81.1
2017	77.2	81.2
2018	77.7	81.1
2019	77.9	81.4
2020	78	80.4
2021	78.1	80.7
2022	78.2	81.1
2023	78	81.3
2024	78	81.4
2025	78.4	81.6

China and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

China

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	China	United Kingdom
1960	667,070,000	52,400,000
1961	660,330,000	52,800,000
1962	665,770,000	53,250,000
1963	682,335,000	53,650,000
1964	698,355,000	54,000,000
1965	715,185,000	54,348,050
1966	735,400,000	54,648,500
1967	754,550,000	54,943,600
1968	774,510,000	55,211,700
1969	796,025,000	55,441,750
1970	818,315,000	55,663,250
1971	841,105,000	55,896,223
1972	862,030,000	56,086,065
1973	881,940,000	56,194,527
1974	900,350,000	56,229,974
1975	916,395,000	56,225,800
1976	930,685,000	56,211,968
1977	943,455,000	56,193,492
1978	956,165,000	56,196,504
1979	969,005,000	56,246,951
1980	981,235,000	56,314,216
1981	993,885,000	56,333,829
1982	1,008,630,000	56,313,641
1983	1,023,310,000	56,332,848
1984	1,036,825,000	56,422,072
1985	1,051,040,000	56,550,268
1986	1,066,790,000	56,681,396
1987	1,084,035,000	56,802,050
1988	1,101,630,000	56,928,327
1989	1,118,650,000	57,076,711
1990	1,135,185,000	57,247,586
1991	1,150,780,000	57,424,897
1992	1,164,970,000	57,580,402
1993	1,178,440,000	57,718,614
1994	1,191,835,000	57,865,745
1995	1,204,855,000	58,019,030
1996	1,217,550,000	58,166,950
1997	1,230,075,000	58,316,954
1998	1,241,935,000	58,487,141
1999	1,252,735,000	58,682,466
2000	1,262,645,000	58,892,514
2001	1,271,850,000	59,119,673
2002	1,280,400,000	59,370,479
2003	1,288,400,000	59,647,577
2004	1,296,075,000	59,987,905
2005	1,303,720,000	60,401,206
2006	1,311,020,000	60,846,820
2007	1,317,885,000	61,322,463
2008	1,324,655,000	61,806,995
2009	1,331,260,000	62,276,270
2010	1,337,705,000	62,766,365
2011	1,345,035,000	63,258,810
2012	1,354,190,000	63,711,000
2013	1,363,240,000	64,139,000
2014	1,371,860,000	64,620,000
2015	1,379,860,000	65,088,000
2016	1,387,790,000	65,607,000
2017	1,396,215,000	65,966,000
2018	1,402,760,000	66,289,000
2019	1,407,745,000	66,631,000
2020	1,411,100,000	66,744,000
2021	1,412,360,000	66,984,000
2022	1,412,175,000	67,604,000
2023	1,410,710,000	68,492,000
2024	1,408,975,000	69,226,000

Fertility rates in China and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

China

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	United Kingdom
1960	4.45	2.69
1961	3.86	2.78
1962	6.09	2.86
1963	7.51	2.88
1964	6.67	2.93
1965	6.61	2.86
1966	6.31	2.78
1967	5.81	2.68
1968	6.51	2.6
1969	6.18	2.51
1970	6.09	2.44
1971	5.52	2.41
1972	5.11	2.2
1973	4.73	2.04
1974	4.17	1.92
1975	3.57	1.81
1976	3.24	1.74
1977	2.84	1.69
1978	2.72	1.75
1979	2.75	1.86
1980	2.74	1.9
1981	2.79	1.82
1982	2.97	1.78
1983	2.56	1.77
1984	2.61	1.77
1985	2.63	1.79
1986	2.72	1.78
1987	2.76	1.81
1988	2.54	1.82
1989	2.52	1.79
1990	2.51	1.83
1991	1.93	1.82
1992	1.78	1.79
1993	1.69	1.76
1994	1.63	1.74
1995	1.59	1.71
1996	1.55	1.73
1997	1.53	1.72
1998	1.52	1.71
1999	1.53	1.68
2000	1.63	1.64
2001	1.56	1.63
2002	1.57	1.63
2003	1.57	1.7
2004	1.61	1.75
2005	1.62	1.76
2006	1.64	1.82
2007	1.67	1.86
2008	1.7	1.91
2009	1.71	1.89
2010	1.69	1.92
2011	1.67	1.91
2012	1.8	1.92
2013	1.71	1.83
2014	1.77	1.81
2015	1.67	1.8
2016	1.77	1.79
2017	1.8	1.74
2018	1.54	1.68
2019	1.5	1.63
2020	1.24	1.57
2021	1.12	1.58
2022	1.03	1.56
2023	1	1.56

China and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

China

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	United Kingdom
1960	20.9	35.5
1961	21.1	35.4
1962	21	35.3
1963	20.4	35.3
1964	19.9	35.2
1965	19.6	35.1
1966	19.3	34.9
1967	19.2	34.8
1968	19.2	34.6
1969	19.1	34.4
1970	19.1	34.2
1971	19.2	34.1
1972	19.3	34
1973	19.5	34
1974	19.7	34
1975	20.1	34
1976	20.4	34
1977	20.8	34.1
1978	21.2	34.2
1979	21.4	34.3
1980	21.6	34.4
1981	21.8	34.5
1982	22.1	34.8
1983	22.6	35
1984	23	35.2
1985	23.2	35.3
1986	23.4	35.4
1987	23.6	35.4
1988	23.9	35.7
1989	24.4	35.9
1990	24.7	36
1991	25.1	36.1
1992	25.6	36.2
1993	26.1	36.3
1994	26.6	36.5
1995	27.2	36.6
1996	27.8	36.8
1997	28.3	37
1998	28.8	37.2
1999	29.4	37.4
2000	30	37.7
2001	30.5	37.9
2002	31.1	38.1
2003	31.6	38.2
2004	32.1	38.4
2005	32.6	38.5
2006	33.1	38.6
2007	33.7	38.8
2008	34.2	38.9
2009	34.7	39
2010	35.1	39.2
2011	35.5	39.3
2012	35.7	39.5
2013	36	39.6
2014	36.3	39.7
2015	36.7	39.8
2016	37.1	39.8
2017	37.4	39.9
2018	37.7	40
2019	38.1	40.1
2020	38.5	40.2
2021	39	40.3
2022	39.6	40.5
2023	40.1	40.8
2024	40.6	41

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