China vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 2nd vs. 60th).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Zimbabwe ranks 102/197 ($41.5B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Zimbabwe ranks 148/197 ($2,497).

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China and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

China

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Zimbabwe
1960	$59,846,235,025	$1,053,528,036
1961	$50,162,299,350	$1,097,206,526
1962	$47,310,737,754	$1,118,172,226
1963	$50,812,227,919	$1,160,103,724
1964	$59,821,862,703	$1,217,759,447
1965	$70,565,994,356	$1,312,105,394
1966	$76,854,053,259	$1,282,403,936
1967	$73,011,350,596	$1,397,715,282
1968	$70,980,323,819	$1,480,355,355
1969	$79,847,786,729	$1,748,891,294
1970	$92,752,930,873	$1,885,168,339
1971	$99,959,013,880	$2,179,828,710
1972	$113,871,930,714	$2,679,096,597
1973	$138,764,340,892	$3,311,043,292
1974	$144,418,433,058	$3,984,194,614
1975	$163,687,619,736	$4,373,532,601
1976	$154,196,810,059	$4,320,576,877
1977	$175,226,595,860	$4,366,610,469
1978	$149,788,617,886	$4,353,822,343
1979	$178,573,913,043	$5,180,102,910
1980	$191,487,500,000	$6,682,278,300
1981	$196,218,253,968	$8,015,464,252
1982	$205,480,916,031	$8,544,060,905
1983	$231,130,268,199	$7,768,031,182
1984	$260,442,857,143	$6,355,369,172
1985	$310,064,625,850	$5,640,137,575
1986	$301,310,144,928	$6,220,698,247
1987	$273,455,156,951	$6,744,657,033
1988	$312,888,888,889	$7,818,774,177
1989	$348,380,566,802	$8,290,553,535
1990	$361,560,229,446	$8,788,301,546
1991	$384,510,452,962	$8,646,000,000
1992	$428,502,354,788	$6,755,000,000
1993	$446,557,291,212	$6,567,250,000
1994	$566,929,539,493	$6,894,250,000
1995	$738,190,896,228	$7,115,000,000
1996	$868,523,936,530	$8,557,500,000
1997	$967,753,570,435	$8,534,000,000
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$6,405,250,000
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$6,861,500,000
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$6,693,250,000
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$6,780,750,000
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$6,345,250,000
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$5,730,500,000
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$5,808,500,000
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$5,758,250,000
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$5,446,750,000
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$5,294,750,000
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$4,418,000,000
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$9,670,750,000
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$12,047,750,000
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$14,109,000,000
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$17,123,500,000
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$19,100,750,000
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$19,505,500,000
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$19,973,250,000
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$20,559,250,000
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$51,035,657,371
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$34,141,666,667
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$33,357,695,635
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$31,980,334,561
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$41,287,673,690
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$40,757,561,709
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$35,871,779,681
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$41,539,411,516

China and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Zimbabwe
1960	$89.7	$276.6
1961	$76	$279.2
1962	$71.1	$275.7
1963	$74.5	$277.1
1964	$85.7	$281.9
1965	$98.7	$294.3
1966	$104.5	$278.7
1967	$96.8	$294.4
1968	$91.6	$302
1969	$100.3	$346
1970	$113.3	$361
1971	$118.8	$406
1972	$132.1	$483
1973	$157.3	$579
1974	$160.4	$674
1975	$178.6	$717
1976	$165.7	$687
1977	$185.7	$677
1978	$156.7	$665
1979	$184.3	$779
1980	$195.1	$949
1981	$197.4	$1,069
1982	$203.7	$1,096
1983	$225.9	$959
1984	$251.2	$757
1985	$295	$649
1986	$282.4	$693
1987	$252.3	$726
1988	$284	$816
1989	$311	$840
1990	$319	$867
1991	$334	$831
1992	$368	$631
1993	$379	$605
1994	$476	$634
1995	$613	$648
1996	$713	$767
1997	$787	$751
1998	$835	$552
1999	$881	$582
2000	$969	$563
2001	$1,065	$566
2002	$1,164	$525
2003	$1,307	$468
2004	$1,531	$470
2005	$1,778	$461
2006	$2,129	$431
2007	$2,735	$414
2008	$3,523	$341
2009	$3,898	$736
2010	$4,629	$902
2011	$5,704	$1,038
2012	$6,405	$1,239
2013	$7,147	$1,363
2014	$7,781	$1,373
2015	$8,175	$1,387
2016	$8,255	$1,408
2017	$8,980	$3,445
2018	$10,086	$2,271
2019	$10,343	$2,184
2020	$10,627	$2,060
2021	$12,887	$2,614
2022	$12,971	$2,536
2023	$12,951	$2,195
2024	$13,303	$2,497

China vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Zimbabwe
1950	43.8	49.4
1951	44.6	49.8
1952	45.3	50.2
1953	45.9	50.6
1954	46.8	51
1955	47.2	51.4
1956	47.8	51.8
1957	48.4	52.2
1958	48.8	52.6
1959	40.2	53
1960	33.4	53.5
1961	40.2	54
1962	51	54.5
1963	51.7	54.9
1964	52.3	55.4
1965	53	55.9
1966	53.7	56.4
1967	54.4	56.8
1968	55.2	57.1
1969	56	57.5
1970	56.8	57.8
1971	57.7	58
1972	58.6	58.2
1973	59.5	58.1
1974	60.2	58.2
1975	61	58.2
1976	61.2	57.6
1977	62.5	57
1978	63.1	54.7
1979	63.7	54.9
1980	64.2	59.1
1981	64.8	59.4
1982	65.2	59.9
1983	65.7	60
1984	66.1	60.6
1985	66.5	60.9
1986	66.9	61
1987	67.3	60.7
1988	67.6	60.2
1989	67.9	59.4
1990	68.2	58.3
1991	68.6	57
1992	69.1	55.6
1993	69.5	54
1994	69.8	52.5
1995	70.4	51.1
1996	70.8	49
1997	71.2	48.5
1998	71.6	47.6
1999	72	46.4
2000	72.3	46
2001	72.7	44.5
2002	73	45.9
2003	73.4	45.4
2004	73.7	46
2005	74.1	46.6
2006	74.4	47.1
2007	74.8	47.6
2008	74.8	48.5
2009	75.3	49.7
2010	75.7	51.9
2011	75.9	53.9
2012	76.2	55.4
2013	76.5	56.8
2014	76.7	58.1
2015	77	59
2016	77.2	59.8
2017	77.2	60.3
2018	77.7	60.9
2019	77.9	61.1
2020	78	61.5
2021	78.1	60.1
2022	78.2	62.4
2023	78	62.8
2024	78	63.1
2025	78.4	63.3
2026	79	63.6

China and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	China	Zimbabwe
1960	667,070,000	3,809,389
1961	660,330,000	3,930,401
1962	665,770,000	4,055,959
1963	682,335,000	4,185,877
1964	698,355,000	4,320,006
1965	715,185,000	4,458,462
1966	735,400,000	4,601,217
1967	754,550,000	4,748,307
1968	774,510,000	4,900,440
1969	796,025,000	5,058,181
1970	818,315,000	5,215,918
1971	841,105,000	5,374,712
1972	862,030,000	5,542,445
1973	881,940,000	5,720,404
1974	900,350,000	5,908,328
1975	916,395,000	6,098,658
1976	930,685,000	6,287,105
1977	943,455,000	6,449,512
1978	956,165,000	6,543,575
1979	969,005,000	6,647,556
1980	981,235,000	7,041,303
1981	993,885,000	7,498,635
1982	1,008,630,000	7,796,496
1983	1,023,310,000	8,098,404
1984	1,036,825,000	8,391,488
1985	1,051,040,000	8,686,813
1986	1,066,790,000	8,982,578
1987	1,084,035,000	9,284,644
1988	1,101,630,000	9,583,094
1989	1,118,650,000	9,864,798
1990	1,135,185,000	10,137,281
1991	1,150,780,000	10,404,816
1992	1,164,970,000	10,702,700
1993	1,178,440,000	10,860,288
1994	1,191,835,000	10,873,148
1995	1,204,855,000	10,974,599
1996	1,217,550,000	11,158,360
1997	1,230,075,000	11,369,827
1998	1,241,935,000	11,594,297
1999	1,252,735,000	11,783,458
2000	1,262,645,000	11,892,055
2001	1,271,850,000	11,971,901
2002	1,280,400,000	12,087,653
2003	1,288,400,000	12,232,323
2004	1,296,075,000	12,365,896
2005	1,303,720,000	12,483,432
2006	1,311,020,000	12,636,445
2007	1,317,885,000	12,804,058
2008	1,324,655,000	12,959,149
2009	1,331,260,000	13,142,790
2010	1,337,705,000	13,356,548
2011	1,345,035,000	13,595,424
2012	1,354,190,000	13,817,887
2013	1,363,240,000	14,013,808
2014	1,371,860,000	14,207,359
2015	1,379,860,000	14,399,013
2016	1,387,790,000	14,600,294
2017	1,396,215,000	14,812,482
2018	1,402,760,000	15,034,452
2019	1,407,745,000	15,271,368
2020	1,411,100,000	15,526,888
2021	1,412,360,000	15,797,210
2022	1,412,175,000	16,069,056
2023	1,410,710,000	16,340,822
2024	1,408,975,000	16,634,373

Fertility rates in China and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

China

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Zimbabwe
1960	4.45	7.2
1961	3.86	7.21
1962	6.09	7.23
1963	7.51	7.23
1964	6.67	7.23
1965	6.61	7.23
1966	6.31	7.2
1967	5.81	7.16
1968	6.51	7.11
1969	6.18	7.04
1970	6.09	6.98
1971	5.52	6.94
1972	5.11	6.94
1973	4.73	6.94
1974	4.17	6.88
1975	3.57	6.83
1976	3.24	6.77
1977	2.84	6.71
1978	2.72	6.66
1979	2.75	6.59
1980	2.74	6.52
1981	2.79	6.45
1982	2.97	6.33
1983	2.56	6.2
1984	2.61	6.04
1985	2.63	5.87
1986	2.72	5.69
1987	2.76	5.5
1988	2.54	5.28
1989	2.52	5.07
1990	2.51	4.88
1991	1.93	4.72
1992	1.78	4.57
1993	1.69	4.39
1994	1.63	4.28
1995	1.59	4.15
1996	1.55	4.11
1997	1.53	4.08
1998	1.52	4.07
1999	1.53	4.06
2000	1.63	4.01
2001	1.56	3.98
2002	1.57	3.93
2003	1.57	3.86
2004	1.61	3.78
2005	1.62	3.69
2006	1.64	3.64
2007	1.67	3.68
2008	1.7	3.78
2009	1.71	3.95
2010	1.69	4.04
2011	1.67	4.13
2012	1.8	4.13
2013	1.71	4.11
2014	1.77	4.01
2015	1.67	3.91
2016	1.77	3.83
2017	1.8	3.77
2018	1.54	3.74
2019	1.5	3.75
2020	1.24	3.75
2021	1.12	3.77
2022	1.03	3.77
2023	1	3.72

China and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

China

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Zimbabwe
1960	20.9	16.4
1961	21.1	16.2
1962	21	16
1963	20.4	15.8
1964	19.9	15.7
1965	19.6	15.7
1966	19.3	15.7
1967	19.2	15.7
1968	19.2	15.7
1969	19.1	15.7
1970	19.1	15.7
1971	19.2	15.8
1972	19.3	15.8
1973	19.5	15.8
1974	19.7	15.9
1975	20.1	15.9
1976	20.4	15.8
1977	20.8	15.8
1978	21.2	15.7
1979	21.4	15.6
1980	21.6	15.6
1981	21.8	15.7
1982	22.1	15.8
1983	22.6	15.8
1984	23	15.8
1985	23.2	15.9
1986	23.4	15.9
1987	23.6	15.9
1988	23.9	15.9
1989	24.4	16.1
1990	24.7	16.3
1991	25.1	16.5
1992	25.6	16.4
1993	26.1	16.3
1994	26.6	16.4
1995	27.2	16.6
1996	27.8	16.9
1997	28.3	17.2
1998	28.8	17.5
1999	29.4	17.7
2000	30	17.8
2001	30.5	18
2002	31.1	18.1
2003	31.6	18.2
2004	32.1	18.3
2005	32.6	18.3
2006	33.1	18.5
2007	33.7	18.5
2008	34.2	18.5
2009	34.7	18.4
2010	35.1	18.3
2011	35.5	18.2
2012	35.7	18.1
2013	36	18
2014	36.3	18
2015	36.7	18
2016	37.1	18
2017	37.4	18.1
2018	37.7	18.2
2019	38.1	18.3
2020	38.5	18.5
2021	39	18.6
2022	39.6	18.7
2023	40.1	18.9
2024	40.6	19

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