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 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

China and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

China and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

China

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Zimbabwe
1960	$59,846,235,025	$1,052,990,485
1961	$50,162,299,350	$1,096,646,688
1962	$47,310,737,754	$1,117,601,690
1963	$50,812,227,919	$1,159,511,793
1964	$59,821,862,703	$1,217,138,098
1965	$70,565,994,356	$1,311,435,906
1966	$76,854,053,259	$1,281,749,603
1967	$73,011,350,596	$1,397,002,112
1968	$70,980,323,819	$1,479,600,019
1969	$79,847,786,729	$1,747,998,941
1970	$92,752,930,873	$1,884,206,452
1971	$99,959,013,880	$2,178,716,475
1972	$113,871,930,714	$2,677,729,616
1973	$138,764,340,892	$3,309,353,866
1974	$144,418,433,058	$3,982,161,721
1975	$163,687,619,736	$4,371,301,052
1976	$154,196,810,059	$4,318,372,348
1977	$175,226,595,860	$4,364,382,451
1978	$149,788,617,886	$4,351,600,850
1979	$178,573,913,043	$5,177,459,817
1980	$191,487,500,000	$6,678,868,738
1981	$196,218,253,968	$8,011,374,445
1982	$205,480,916,031	$8,539,701,388
1983	$231,130,268,199	$7,764,067,625
1984	$260,442,857,143	$6,352,126,411
1985	$310,064,625,850	$5,637,259,754
1986	$301,310,144,928	$6,217,524,201
1987	$273,455,156,951	$6,741,215,643
1988	$312,888,888,889	$7,814,784,729
1989	$348,380,566,802	$8,286,323,367
1990	$361,560,229,446	$8,783,817,407
1991	$384,510,452,962	$8,641,482,396
1992	$428,502,354,788	$6,751,472,744
1993	$446,557,291,212	$6,563,813,829
1994	$566,929,539,493	$6,890,675,555
1995	$738,190,896,228	$7,111,271,273
1996	$868,523,936,530	$8,553,147,289
1997	$967,753,570,435	$8,529,572,287
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$6,401,968,715
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$6,858,013,652
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$6,689,958,139
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$6,777,385,246
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$6,342,116,911
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$5,727,592,261
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$5,805,598,867
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$5,755,215,663
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$5,443,896,938
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$5,291,950,526
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$4,415,703,156
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$9,665,815,601
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$12,041,602,762
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$14,101,801,031
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$17,114,762,914
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$19,091,004,042
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$19,495,547,523
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$19,963,058,858
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$20,548,759,858
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$51,074,726,484
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$34,156,057,417
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$25,715,657,177
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$26,868,564,055
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$27,240,507,842
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$32,789,657,378
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$35,231,369,343
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$44,187,704,410

China and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Zimbabwe
1960	$89.7	$276.4
1961	$76	$279
1962	$71.1	$275.5
1963	$74.5	$277
1964	$85.7	$281.7
1965	$98.7	$294.1
1966	$104.5	$278.6
1967	$96.8	$294.2
1968	$91.6	$302
1969	$100.3	$346
1970	$113.3	$361
1971	$118.8	$405
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	$1,068
1982	$203.7	$1,095
1983	$225.9	$959
1984	$251.2	$757
1985	$295	$649
1986	$282.4	$692
1987	$252.3	$726
1988	$284	$815
1989	$311	$840
1990	$319	$866
1991	$334	$831
1992	$368	$631
1993	$379	$604
1994	$476	$634
1995	$613	$648
1996	$713	$767
1997	$787	$750
1998	$835	$552
1999	$881	$582
2000	$969	$563
2001	$1,065	$566
2002	$1,164	$525
2003	$1,307	$468
2004	$1,531	$469
2005	$1,778	$461
2006	$2,129	$431
2007	$2,735	$413
2008	$3,523	$341
2009	$3,898	$735
2010	$4,629	$902
2011	$5,704	$1,037
2012	$6,405	$1,239
2013	$7,147	$1,362
2014	$7,781	$1,372
2015	$8,175	$1,386
2016	$8,255	$1,407
2017	$8,980	$3,448
2018	$10,086	$2,272
2019	$10,343	$1,684
2020	$10,627	$1,730
2021	$12,887	$1,724
2022	$12,971	$2,041
2023	$12,951	$2,156
2024	$13,303	$2,656

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

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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