The latest officially reported population of China was 1,408,975,000 in 2024 vs 83,516,593 people in Germany in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current China's population is 1,402,614,510 people compared to 82,619,736 in Germany.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 17 times bigger than Germany's.
- China is ranked the 2nd most populous country in the world, while Germany is the 19th.
- The countries together account for 17.9% of the world: 16.9% for China vs 1% for Germany.
- For the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +0.32% in Germany.
- Since 2006, the population of China has increased from 1.31B people to 1.4B (6.99% growth), while Germany has grown from 82.4M to 82.6M (0.3% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 34.8% of the population in China and 13.1% in Germany.
China vs Germany: live population counter
China
|
Germany
|
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1402614510
|
82619736
|
| Population rank | 2/197 | 19/197 |
| Percent of world population | 16.9% | 1% |
| One net population change |
18.2 seconds
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2.29 minutes
|
| One birth every |
3.5 seconds
|
45.6 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.84 seconds
|
30.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.65 minutes
|
14.2 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -318,992 | +36,954 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4,753 | +628 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,735,000 | +229,320 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +0.28% |
| Population growth rate rank | 174/197 | 152/197 |
China and Germany: population history and growth rate by year chart
China
Population
Growth rate
Germany
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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China
|
Germany
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China
|
Germany
|
|
| 1960 | 667,070,000 | 72,814,900 | - | - |
| 1961 | 660,330,000 | 73,377,632 | -1.01% | 0.77% |
| 1962 | 665,770,000 | 74,025,784 | 0.82% | 0.88% |
| 1963 | 682,335,000 | 74,714,353 | 2.49% | 0.93% |
| 1964 | 698,355,000 | 75,318,337 | 2.35% | 0.81% |
| 1965 | 715,185,000 | 75,963,695 | 2.41% | 0.86% |
| 1966 | 735,400,000 | 76,600,311 | 2.83% | 0.84% |
| 1967 | 754,550,000 | 76,951,336 | 2.6% | 0.46% |
| 1968 | 774,510,000 | 77,294,314 | 2.65% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 796,025,000 | 77,909,682 | 2.78% | 0.8% |
| 1970 | 818,315,000 | 78,169,289 | 2.8% | 0.33% |
| 1971 | 841,105,000 | 78,312,842 | 2.78% | 0.18% |
| 1972 | 862,030,000 | 78,688,452 | 2.49% | 0.48% |
| 1973 | 881,940,000 | 78,936,666 | 2.31% | 0.32% |
| 1974 | 900,350,000 | 78,967,433 | 2.09% | 0.04% |
| 1975 | 916,395,000 | 78,673,554 | 1.78% | -0.37% |
| 1976 | 930,685,000 | 78,336,950 | 1.56% | -0.43% |
| 1977 | 943,455,000 | 78,159,814 | 1.37% | -0.23% |
| 1978 | 956,165,000 | 78,091,820 | 1.35% | -0.09% |
| 1979 | 969,005,000 | 78,126,350 | 1.34% | 0.04% |
| 1980 | 981,235,000 | 78,288,576 | 1.26% | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 993,885,000 | 78,407,907 | 1.29% | 0.15% |
| 1982 | 1,008,630,000 | 78,333,366 | 1.48% | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 1,023,310,000 | 78,128,282 | 1.46% | -0.26% |
| 1984 | 1,036,825,000 | 77,858,685 | 1.32% | -0.35% |
| 1985 | 1,051,040,000 | 77,684,873 | 1.37% | -0.22% |
| 1986 | 1,066,790,000 | 77,720,436 | 1.5% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 1,084,035,000 | 77,839,920 | 1.62% | 0.15% |
| 1988 | 1,101,630,000 | 78,144,619 | 1.62% | 0.39% |
| 1989 | 1,118,650,000 | 78,751,283 | 1.54% | 0.78% |
| 1990 | 1,135,185,000 | 79,433,029 | 1.48% | 0.87% |
| 1991 | 1,150,780,000 | 80,013,896 | 1.37% | 0.73% |
| 1992 | 1,164,970,000 | 80,624,598 | 1.23% | 0.76% |
| 1993 | 1,178,440,000 | 81,156,363 | 1.16% | 0.66% |
| 1994 | 1,191,835,000 | 81,438,348 | 1.14% | 0.35% |
| 1995 | 1,204,855,000 | 81,678,051 | 1.09% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 1,217,550,000 | 81,914,831 | 1.05% | 0.29% |
| 1997 | 1,230,075,000 | 82,034,771 | 1.03% | 0.15% |
| 1998 | 1,241,935,000 | 82,047,195 | 0.96% | 0.02% |
| 1999 | 1,252,735,000 | 82,100,243 | 0.87% | 0.06% |
| 2000 | 1,262,645,000 | 82,211,508 | 0.79% | 0.14% |
| 2001 | 1,271,850,000 | 82,349,925 | 0.73% | 0.17% |
| 2002 | 1,280,400,000 | 82,488,495 | 0.67% | 0.17% |
| 2003 | 1,288,400,000 | 82,534,176 | 0.62% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 1,296,075,000 | 82,516,260 | 0.6% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 1,303,720,000 | 82,469,422 | 0.59% | -0.06% |
| 2006 | 1,311,020,000 | 82,376,451 | 0.56% | -0.11% |
| 2007 | 1,317,885,000 | 82,266,372 | 0.52% | -0.13% |
| 2008 | 1,324,655,000 | 82,110,097 | 0.51% | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 1,331,260,000 | 81,902,307 | 0.5% | -0.25% |
| 2010 | 1,337,705,000 | 81,776,930 | 0.48% | -0.15% |
| 2011 | 1,345,035,000 | 80,274,983 | 0.55% | -1.84% |
| 2012 | 1,354,190,000 | 80,425,823 | 0.68% | 0.19% |
| 2013 | 1,363,240,000 | 80,645,605 | 0.67% | 0.27% |
| 2014 | 1,371,860,000 | 80,982,500 | 0.63% | 0.42% |
| 2015 | 1,379,860,000 | 81,686,611 | 0.58% | 0.87% |
| 2016 | 1,387,790,000 | 82,348,669 | 0.57% | 0.81% |
| 2017 | 1,396,215,000 | 82,657,002 | 0.61% | 0.37% |
| 2018 | 1,402,760,000 | 82,905,782 | 0.47% | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,407,745,000 | 83,092,962 | 0.36% | 0.23% |
| 2020 | 1,411,100,000 | 83,160,871 | 0.24% | 0.08% |
| 2021 | 1,412,360,000 | 83,196,078 | 0.09% | 0.04% |
| 2022 | 1,412,175,000 | 83,177,813 | -0.01% | -0.02% |
| 2023 | 1,410,710,000 | 83,287,273 | -0.1% | 0.13% |
| 2024 | 1,408,975,000 | 83,516,593 | -0.12% | 0.28% |
| 2025 | 1,405,773,318 | 83,045,276 | -0.23% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 1,402,614,510 | 82,619,736 | -0.22% | -0.51% |
| 2027 | 1,399,403,406 | 82,420,656 | -0.23% | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 1,395,886,569 | 82,209,650 | -0.25% | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 1,392,060,666 | 81,988,746 | -0.27% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 1,387,961,846 | 81,767,011 | -0.29% | -0.27% |
| 2031 | 1,383,588,794 | 81,541,291 | -0.32% | -0.28% |
| 2032 | 1,378,934,346 | 81,315,327 | -0.34% | -0.28% |
| 2033 | 1,374,007,012 | 81,094,150 | -0.36% | -0.27% |
| 2034 | 1,368,825,481 | 80,879,704 | -0.38% | -0.26% |
| 2035 | 1,363,415,793 | 80,669,570 | -0.4% | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 1,357,772,486 | 80,445,835 | -0.41% | -0.28% |
| 2037 | 1,351,902,859 | 80,222,108 | -0.43% | -0.28% |
| 2038 | 1,345,840,038 | 80,001,936 | -0.45% | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 1,339,558,174 | 79,780,699 | -0.47% | -0.28% |
| 2040 | 1,333,028,062 | 79,565,092 | -0.49% | -0.27% |
| 2041 | 1,326,251,398 | 79,361,541 | -0.51% | -0.26% |
| 2042 | 1,319,222,019 | 79,167,400 | -0.53% | -0.24% |
| 2043 | 1,311,956,934 | 78,962,964 | -0.55% | -0.26% |
| 2044 | 1,304,437,340 | 78,743,160 | -0.57% | -0.28% |
| 2045 | 1,296,592,737 | 78,518,131 | -0.6% | -0.29% |
| 2046 | 1,288,357,014 | 78,293,579 | -0.64% | -0.29% |
| 2047 | 1,279,723,262 | 78,066,226 | -0.67% | -0.29% |
| 2048 | 1,270,661,954 | 77,826,011 | -0.71% | -0.31% |
| 2049 | 1,261,120,581 | 77,578,876 | -0.75% | -0.32% |
| 2050 | 1,251,102,086 | 77,335,610 | -0.79% | -0.31% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of China increased by 76,770,000 people (a 5.86% growth), while Germany lost 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, China gained 14,824,510 (a 1.07% growth), while Germany's population increased by 271,067 (a 0.33% growth).
China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2006 and is 2nd in 2026. Germany was ranked 14th in 2006 and ranked 19th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) China's population will shrink by 10.8% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of Germany will decrease by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.
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Population differences between China and Germany
|
China
|
Germany
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79 years | 81.9 years |
| Average age | 40.5 years | 45 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 46.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1 births per woman | 1.39 births per woman |
| Population density | 389 ppl/mi² | 619 ppl/mi² |
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