The current population of China is 1,405,773,318 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 1,408,975,000 in 2024.
Population facts:
- The UN estimates that China's population is going to decline by -11% to 1.25B people by 2050.
- China accounts for 17% of the world's population.
- China is ranked 2/197 by population and was ranked 1st in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 1.3B people to 1.41B (7.83% growth in 20 years).
- For the last 20 years, China has had an average growth rate of 0.39% per year.
- China's population peaked in 2021 at 1.41B people and has been in decline since.
China population clock
China
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1405773318
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 2/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 17% | N/A |
| One net population change |
18.2 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
3.5 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.84 seconds
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -4,753 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,735,000 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 173/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.65 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -318,992 | N/A |
China population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 667,070,000 | - |
| 1961 | 660,330,000 | -1.01% |
| 1962 | 665,770,000 | 0.82% |
| 1963 | 682,335,000 | 2.49% |
| 1964 | 698,355,000 | 2.35% |
| 1965 | 715,185,000 | 2.41% |
| 1966 | 735,400,000 | 2.83% |
| 1967 | 754,550,000 | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 774,510,000 | 2.65% |
| 1969 | 796,025,000 | 2.78% |
| 1970 | 818,315,000 | 2.8% |
| 1971 | 841,105,000 | 2.78% |
| 1972 | 862,030,000 | 2.49% |
| 1973 | 881,940,000 | 2.31% |
| 1974 | 900,350,000 | 2.09% |
| 1975 | 916,395,000 | 1.78% |
| 1976 | 930,685,000 | 1.56% |
| 1977 | 943,455,000 | 1.37% |
| 1978 | 956,165,000 | 1.35% |
| 1979 | 969,005,000 | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 981,235,000 | 1.26% |
| 1981 | 993,885,000 | 1.29% |
| 1982 | 1,008,630,000 | 1.48% |
| 1983 | 1,023,310,000 | 1.46% |
| 1984 | 1,036,825,000 | 1.32% |
| 1985 | 1,051,040,000 | 1.37% |
| 1986 | 1,066,790,000 | 1.5% |
| 1987 | 1,084,035,000 | 1.62% |
| 1988 | 1,101,630,000 | 1.62% |
| 1989 | 1,118,650,000 | 1.54% |
| 1990 | 1,135,185,000 | 1.48% |
| 1991 | 1,150,780,000 | 1.37% |
| 1992 | 1,164,970,000 | 1.23% |
| 1993 | 1,178,440,000 | 1.16% |
| 1994 | 1,191,835,000 | 1.14% |
| 1995 | 1,204,855,000 | 1.09% |
| 1996 | 1,217,550,000 | 1.05% |
| 1997 | 1,230,075,000 | 1.03% |
| 1998 | 1,241,935,000 | 0.96% |
| 1999 | 1,252,735,000 | 0.87% |
| 2000 | 1,262,645,000 | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 1,271,850,000 | 0.73% |
| 2002 | 1,280,400,000 | 0.67% |
| 2003 | 1,288,400,000 | 0.62% |
| 2004 | 1,296,075,000 | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,303,720,000 | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 1,311,020,000 | 0.56% |
| 2007 | 1,317,885,000 | 0.52% |
| 2008 | 1,324,655,000 | 0.51% |
| 2009 | 1,331,260,000 | 0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,337,705,000 | 0.48% |
| 2011 | 1,345,035,000 | 0.55% |
| 2012 | 1,354,190,000 | 0.68% |
| 2013 | 1,363,240,000 | 0.67% |
| 2014 | 1,371,860,000 | 0.63% |
| 2015 | 1,379,860,000 | 0.58% |
| 2016 | 1,387,790,000 | 0.57% |
| 2017 | 1,396,215,000 | 0.61% |
| 2018 | 1,402,760,000 | 0.47% |
| 2019 | 1,407,745,000 | 0.36% |
| 2020 | 1,411,100,000 | 0.24% |
| 2021 | 1,412,360,000 | 0.09% |
| 2022 | 1,412,175,000 | -0.01% |
| 2023 | 1,410,710,000 | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,408,975,000 | -0.12% |
| 2025 | 1,405,773,318 | -0.23% |
| 2026 | 1,402,614,510 | -0.22% |
| 2027 | 1,399,403,406 | -0.23% |
| 2028 | 1,395,886,569 | -0.25% |
| 2029 | 1,392,060,666 | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 1,387,961,846 | -0.29% |
| 2031 | 1,383,588,794 | -0.32% |
| 2032 | 1,378,934,346 | -0.34% |
| 2033 | 1,374,007,012 | -0.36% |
| 2034 | 1,368,825,481 | -0.38% |
| 2035 | 1,363,415,793 | -0.4% |
| 2036 | 1,357,772,486 | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 1,351,902,859 | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 1,345,840,038 | -0.45% |
| 2039 | 1,339,558,174 | -0.47% |
| 2040 | 1,333,028,062 | -0.49% |
| 2041 | 1,326,251,398 | -0.51% |
| 2042 | 1,319,222,019 | -0.53% |
| 2043 | 1,311,956,934 | -0.55% |
| 2044 | 1,304,437,340 | -0.57% |
| 2045 | 1,296,592,737 | -0.6% |
| 2046 | 1,288,357,014 | -0.64% |
| 2047 | 1,279,723,262 | -0.67% |
| 2048 | 1,270,661,954 | -0.71% |
| 2049 | 1,261,120,581 | -0.75% |
| 2050 | 1,251,102,086 | -0.79% |
China has a population of 1.41B as of 2025, compared to 1.38B in 2015, 1.3B in 2005, and 1.2B in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 0.19% per year. China is ranked 155th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) China will have 1,296,592,737 people (-7.77% decline) and still will be ranked 2nd.
By the year 2100, China's population is projected to decline by 55.3% to 629M people.
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China population statistics
|
China
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 40.5 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 389 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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