The latest officially reported population of Brazil was 211,998,573 in 2024 vs 1,408,975,000 people in China in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brazil's population is 213,570,306 people compared to 1,402,614,510 in China.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 6.57 times bigger than Brazil's.
- Brazil is ranked the 7th most populous country in the world, while China is the 2nd.
- The countries together account for 19.5% of the world: 2.58% for Brazil vs 16.9% for China.
- For the last 10 years, Brazil has had an average growth rate of +0.6% per year vs +0.3% in China.
- Since 2006, the population of Brazil has increased from 187M people to 214M (14.4% growth), while China has grown from 1.31B to 1.4B (6.99% growth).
- Brazil is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 219M people, while China's population already peaked in 2021 at 1.41B people and is projected to decrease to 629M people by 2100.
Brazil vs China: live population counter
Brazil
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China
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
213570306
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1402614510
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| Population rank | 7/197 | 2/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.58% | 16.9% |
| One net population change |
36.8 seconds
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18.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
12.1 seconds
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3.5 seconds
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| One death every |
21.1 seconds
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2.84 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
2.33 minutes
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1.65 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -225,510 | -318,992 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,350 | -4,753 |
| Annual growth/decline | +857,844 | -1,735,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.41% | -0.12% |
| Population growth rate rank | 141/197 | 174/197 |
Brazil and China: population history and growth rate by year chart
Brazil
Population
Growth rate
China
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Brazil
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China
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Brazil
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China
|
|
| 1960 | 72,388,126 | 667,070,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 74,605,447 | 660,330,000 | 3.06% | -1.01% |
| 1962 | 76,865,323 | 665,770,000 | 3.03% | 0.82% |
| 1963 | 79,164,235 | 682,335,000 | 2.99% | 2.49% |
| 1964 | 81,488,595 | 698,355,000 | 2.94% | 2.35% |
| 1965 | 83,817,583 | 715,185,000 | 2.86% | 2.41% |
| 1966 | 86,139,359 | 735,400,000 | 2.77% | 2.83% |
| 1967 | 88,446,124 | 754,550,000 | 2.68% | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 90,741,240 | 774,510,000 | 2.59% | 2.65% |
| 1969 | 93,045,777 | 796,025,000 | 2.54% | 2.78% |
| 1970 | 95,375,651 | 818,315,000 | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| 1971 | 97,739,273 | 841,105,000 | 2.48% | 2.78% |
| 1972 | 100,146,797 | 862,030,000 | 2.46% | 2.49% |
| 1973 | 102,600,976 | 881,940,000 | 2.45% | 2.31% |
| 1974 | 105,089,675 | 900,350,000 | 2.43% | 2.09% |
| 1975 | 107,619,565 | 916,395,000 | 2.41% | 1.78% |
| 1976 | 110,213,349 | 930,685,000 | 2.41% | 1.56% |
| 1977 | 112,875,292 | 943,455,000 | 2.42% | 1.37% |
| 1978 | 115,600,942 | 956,165,000 | 2.41% | 1.35% |
| 1979 | 118,380,821 | 969,005,000 | 2.4% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 121,207,461 | 981,235,000 | 2.39% | 1.26% |
| 1981 | 124,063,109 | 993,885,000 | 2.36% | 1.29% |
| 1982 | 126,923,155 | 1,008,630,000 | 2.31% | 1.48% |
| 1983 | 129,790,077 | 1,023,310,000 | 2.26% | 1.46% |
| 1984 | 132,658,864 | 1,036,825,000 | 2.21% | 1.32% |
| 1985 | 135,515,595 | 1,051,040,000 | 2.15% | 1.37% |
| 1986 | 138,336,370 | 1,066,790,000 | 2.08% | 1.5% |
| 1987 | 141,104,944 | 1,084,035,000 | 2% | 1.62% |
| 1988 | 143,826,357 | 1,101,630,000 | 1.93% | 1.62% |
| 1989 | 146,502,972 | 1,118,650,000 | 1.86% | 1.54% |
| 1990 | 149,143,223 | 1,135,185,000 | 1.8% | 1.48% |
| 1991 | 151,724,256 | 1,150,780,000 | 1.73% | 1.37% |
| 1992 | 154,275,079 | 1,164,970,000 | 1.68% | 1.23% |
| 1993 | 156,794,577 | 1,178,440,000 | 1.63% | 1.16% |
| 1994 | 159,265,006 | 1,191,835,000 | 1.58% | 1.14% |
| 1995 | 161,735,073 | 1,204,855,000 | 1.55% | 1.09% |
| 1996 | 164,202,549 | 1,217,550,000 | 1.53% | 1.05% |
| 1997 | 166,661,659 | 1,230,075,000 | 1.5% | 1.03% |
| 1998 | 169,159,655 | 1,241,935,000 | 1.5% | 0.96% |
| 1999 | 171,641,543 | 1,252,735,000 | 1.47% | 0.87% |
| 2000 | 174,018,282 | 1,262,645,000 | 1.38% | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 176,301,203 | 1,271,850,000 | 1.31% | 0.73% |
| 2002 | 178,503,484 | 1,280,400,000 | 1.25% | 0.67% |
| 2003 | 180,622,688 | 1,288,400,000 | 1.19% | 0.62% |
| 2004 | 182,675,143 | 1,296,075,000 | 1.14% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 184,688,101 | 1,303,720,000 | 1.1% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 186,653,106 | 1,311,020,000 | 1.06% | 0.56% |
| 2007 | 188,552,320 | 1,317,885,000 | 1.02% | 0.52% |
| 2008 | 190,367,302 | 1,324,655,000 | 0.96% | 0.51% |
| 2009 | 192,079,951 | 1,331,260,000 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| 2010 | 193,701,929 | 1,337,705,000 | 0.84% | 0.48% |
| 2011 | 195,284,734 | 1,345,035,000 | 0.82% | 0.55% |
| 2012 | 196,876,111 | 1,354,190,000 | 0.81% | 0.68% |
| 2013 | 198,478,299 | 1,363,240,000 | 0.81% | 0.67% |
| 2014 | 200,085,127 | 1,371,860,000 | 0.81% | 0.63% |
| 2015 | 201,675,532 | 1,379,860,000 | 0.79% | 0.58% |
| 2016 | 203,218,114 | 1,387,790,000 | 0.76% | 0.57% |
| 2017 | 204,703,445 | 1,396,215,000 | 0.73% | 0.61% |
| 2018 | 206,107,261 | 1,402,760,000 | 0.69% | 0.47% |
| 2019 | 207,455,459 | 1,407,745,000 | 0.65% | 0.36% |
| 2020 | 208,660,842 | 1,411,100,000 | 0.58% | 0.24% |
| 2021 | 209,550,294 | 1,412,360,000 | 0.43% | 0.09% |
| 2022 | 210,306,415 | 1,412,175,000 | 0.36% | -0.01% |
| 2023 | 211,140,729 | 1,410,710,000 | 0.4% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 211,998,573 | 1,408,975,000 | 0.41% | -0.12% |
| 2025 | 212,812,405 | 1,405,773,318 | 0.38% | -0.23% |
| 2026 | 213,562,674 | 1,402,614,510 | 0.35% | -0.22% |
| 2027 | 214,261,037 | 1,399,403,406 | 0.33% | -0.23% |
| 2028 | 214,911,388 | 1,395,886,569 | 0.3% | -0.25% |
| 2029 | 215,515,178 | 1,392,060,666 | 0.28% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 216,074,424 | 1,387,961,846 | 0.26% | -0.29% |
| 2031 | 216,587,355 | 1,383,588,794 | 0.24% | -0.32% |
| 2032 | 217,055,392 | 1,378,934,346 | 0.22% | -0.34% |
| 2033 | 217,479,394 | 1,374,007,012 | 0.2% | -0.36% |
| 2034 | 217,860,892 | 1,368,825,481 | 0.18% | -0.38% |
| 2035 | 218,199,715 | 1,363,415,793 | 0.16% | -0.4% |
| 2036 | 218,495,215 | 1,357,772,486 | 0.14% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 218,747,246 | 1,351,902,859 | 0.12% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 218,955,573 | 1,345,840,038 | 0.1% | -0.45% |
| 2039 | 219,118,385 | 1,339,558,174 | 0.07% | -0.47% |
| 2040 | 219,237,085 | 1,333,028,062 | 0.05% | -0.49% |
| 2041 | 219,307,158 | 1,326,251,398 | 0.03% | -0.51% |
| 2042 | 219,319,771 | 1,319,222,019 | 0.006% | -0.53% |
| 2043 | 219,276,528 | 1,311,956,934 | -0.02% | -0.55% |
| 2044 | 219,179,002 | 1,304,437,340 | -0.04% | -0.57% |
| 2045 | 219,026,208 | 1,296,592,737 | -0.07% | -0.6% |
| 2046 | 218,821,045 | 1,288,357,014 | -0.09% | -0.64% |
| 2047 | 218,565,379 | 1,279,723,262 | -0.12% | -0.67% |
| 2048 | 218,258,225 | 1,270,661,954 | -0.14% | -0.71% |
| 2049 | 217,897,833 | 1,261,120,581 | -0.17% | -0.75% |
| 2050 | 217,489,309 | 1,251,102,086 | -0.19% | -0.79% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Brazil increased by 16,565,008 people (a 8.87% growth), while China gained 76,770,000 people (a 5.86% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Brazil gained 10,352,192 (a 5.09% growth), while China's population increased by 14,824,510 (a 1.07% growth).
Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2006 and is 7th in 2026. China was ranked 1st in 2006 and ranked 2nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Brazil's population will grow by 1.83% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. The population of China will decrease by 10.8% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd.
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Population differences between Brazil and China
|
Brazil
|
China
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.4 years | 79 years |
| Average age | 36.3 years | 40.5 years |
| Median age | 35.4 years | 40.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 50.9:49.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.62 births per woman | 1 births per woman |
| Population density | 65.7 ppl/mi² | 389 ppl/mi² |
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