The latest officially reported population of China was 1,408,975,000 in 2024 vs 283,487,931 people in Indonesia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current China's population is 1,405,773,318 people compared to 287,460,768 in Indonesia.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 4.89 times bigger than Indonesia's.
- China is ranked the 2nd most populous country in the world, while Indonesia is the 4th.
- The countries together account for 20.5% of the world: 17% for China vs 3.48% for Indonesia.
- For the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +0.94% in Indonesia.
- Since 2005, the population of China has increased from 1.3B people to 1.41B (7.83% growth), while Indonesia has grown from 231M to 287M (24.5% growth).
- Indonesia is projected to reach its peak in 2058 at 323M people, while China's population already peaked in 2021 at 1.41B people and is projected to decrease to 629M people by 2100.
China vs Indonesia: live population counter
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| Current population |
1405773318
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287460768
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| Population rank | 2/197 | 4/197 |
| Percent of world population | 17% | 3.48% |
| One net population change |
18.2 seconds
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13.7 seconds
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| One birth every |
3.5 seconds
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7.04 seconds
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| One death every |
2.84 seconds
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14.9 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.65 minutes
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13.7 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -318,992 | -38,469 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4,753 | +6,296 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,735,000 | +2,297,864 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +0.82% |
| Population growth rate rank | 173/197 | 117/197 |
China and Indonesia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 667,070,000 | 88,296,070 | - | - |
| 1961 | 660,330,000 | 90,791,249 | -1.01% | 2.83% |
| 1962 | 665,770,000 | 93,375,850 | 0.82% | 2.85% |
| 1963 | 682,335,000 | 96,051,424 | 2.49% | 2.87% |
| 1964 | 698,355,000 | 98,833,749 | 2.35% | 2.9% |
| 1965 | 715,185,000 | 101,365,130 | 2.41% | 2.56% |
| 1966 | 735,400,000 | 103,792,754 | 2.83% | 2.39% |
| 1967 | 754,550,000 | 106,526,393 | 2.6% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 774,510,000 | 109,450,006 | 2.65% | 2.74% |
| 1969 | 796,025,000 | 112,517,639 | 2.78% | 2.8% |
| 1970 | 818,315,000 | 115,657,495 | 2.8% | 2.79% |
| 1971 | 841,105,000 | 118,833,702 | 2.78% | 2.75% |
| 1972 | 862,030,000 | 122,039,841 | 2.49% | 2.7% |
| 1973 | 881,940,000 | 125,288,515 | 2.31% | 2.66% |
| 1974 | 900,350,000 | 128,555,045 | 2.09% | 2.61% |
| 1975 | 916,395,000 | 131,843,848 | 1.78% | 2.56% |
| 1976 | 930,685,000 | 135,173,655 | 1.56% | 2.53% |
| 1977 | 943,455,000 | 138,533,541 | 1.37% | 2.49% |
| 1978 | 956,165,000 | 141,953,163 | 1.35% | 2.47% |
| 1979 | 969,005,000 | 145,434,834 | 1.34% | 2.45% |
| 1980 | 981,235,000 | 148,950,540 | 1.26% | 2.42% |
| 1981 | 993,885,000 | 152,485,035 | 1.29% | 2.37% |
| 1982 | 1,008,630,000 | 156,052,152 | 1.48% | 2.34% |
| 1983 | 1,023,310,000 | 159,651,381 | 1.46% | 2.31% |
| 1984 | 1,036,825,000 | 163,251,124 | 1.32% | 2.25% |
| 1985 | 1,051,040,000 | 166,776,185 | 1.37% | 2.16% |
| 1986 | 1,066,790,000 | 170,175,065 | 1.5% | 2.04% |
| 1987 | 1,084,035,000 | 173,511,154 | 1.62% | 1.96% |
| 1988 | 1,101,630,000 | 176,855,065 | 1.62% | 1.93% |
| 1989 | 1,118,650,000 | 180,201,630 | 1.54% | 1.89% |
| 1990 | 1,135,185,000 | 183,501,098 | 1.48% | 1.83% |
| 1991 | 1,150,780,000 | 186,778,238 | 1.37% | 1.79% |
| 1992 | 1,164,970,000 | 190,043,744 | 1.23% | 1.75% |
| 1993 | 1,178,440,000 | 193,305,168 | 1.16% | 1.72% |
| 1994 | 1,191,835,000 | 196,591,828 | 1.14% | 1.7% |
| 1995 | 1,204,855,000 | 199,888,057 | 1.09% | 1.68% |
| 1996 | 1,217,550,000 | 203,204,348 | 1.05% | 1.66% |
| 1997 | 1,230,075,000 | 206,536,095 | 1.03% | 1.64% |
| 1998 | 1,241,935,000 | 209,826,788 | 0.96% | 1.59% |
| 1999 | 1,252,735,000 | 213,004,668 | 0.87% | 1.51% |
| 2000 | 1,262,645,000 | 216,077,790 | 0.79% | 1.44% |
| 2001 | 1,271,850,000 | 219,097,902 | 0.73% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 1,280,400,000 | 222,088,495 | 0.67% | 1.36% |
| 2003 | 1,288,400,000 | 225,048,008 | 0.62% | 1.33% |
| 2004 | 1,296,075,000 | 227,926,649 | 0.6% | 1.28% |
| 2005 | 1,303,720,000 | 230,871,650 | 0.59% | 1.29% |
| 2006 | 1,311,020,000 | 233,951,652 | 0.56% | 1.33% |
| 2007 | 1,317,885,000 | 237,062,337 | 0.52% | 1.33% |
| 2008 | 1,324,655,000 | 240,157,903 | 0.51% | 1.31% |
| 2009 | 1,331,260,000 | 243,220,028 | 0.5% | 1.28% |
| 2010 | 1,337,705,000 | 246,305,322 | 0.48% | 1.27% |
| 2011 | 1,345,035,000 | 249,470,032 | 0.55% | 1.28% |
| 2012 | 1,354,190,000 | 252,698,525 | 0.68% | 1.29% |
| 2013 | 1,363,240,000 | 255,852,467 | 0.67% | 1.25% |
| 2014 | 1,371,860,000 | 258,877,399 | 0.63% | 1.18% |
| 2015 | 1,379,860,000 | 261,799,249 | 0.58% | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 1,387,790,000 | 264,627,418 | 0.57% | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 1,396,215,000 | 267,346,658 | 0.61% | 1.03% |
| 2018 | 1,402,760,000 | 269,951,846 | 0.47% | 0.97% |
| 2019 | 1,407,745,000 | 272,489,381 | 0.36% | 0.94% |
| 2020 | 1,411,100,000 | 274,814,866 | 0.24% | 0.85% |
| 2021 | 1,412,360,000 | 276,758,053 | 0.09% | 0.71% |
| 2022 | 1,412,175,000 | 278,830,529 | -0.01% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | 1,410,710,000 | 281,190,067 | -0.1% | 0.85% |
| 2024 | 1,408,975,000 | 283,487,931 | -0.12% | 0.82% |
| 2025 | 1,405,773,318 | 285,721,231 | -0.23% | 0.79% |
| 2026 | 1,402,614,510 | 287,886,778 | -0.22% | 0.76% |
| 2027 | 1,399,403,406 | 289,986,520 | -0.23% | 0.73% |
| 2028 | 1,395,886,569 | 292,016,774 | -0.25% | 0.7% |
| 2029 | 1,392,060,666 | 293,978,106 | -0.27% | 0.67% |
| 2030 | 1,387,961,846 | 295,876,644 | -0.29% | 0.65% |
| 2031 | 1,383,588,794 | 297,719,741 | -0.32% | 0.62% |
| 2032 | 1,378,934,346 | 299,510,654 | -0.34% | 0.6% |
| 2033 | 1,374,007,012 | 301,250,975 | -0.36% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 1,368,825,481 | 302,938,571 | -0.38% | 0.56% |
| 2035 | 1,363,415,793 | 304,566,615 | -0.4% | 0.54% |
| 2036 | 1,357,772,486 | 306,135,097 | -0.41% | 0.51% |
| 2037 | 1,351,902,859 | 307,646,407 | -0.43% | 0.49% |
| 2038 | 1,345,840,038 | 309,096,450 | -0.45% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 1,339,558,174 | 310,481,116 | -0.47% | 0.45% |
| 2040 | 1,333,028,062 | 311,797,391 | -0.49% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 1,326,251,398 | 313,041,656 | -0.51% | 0.4% |
| 2042 | 1,319,222,019 | 314,211,278 | -0.53% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 1,311,956,934 | 315,304,309 | -0.55% | 0.35% |
| 2044 | 1,304,437,340 | 316,318,412 | -0.57% | 0.32% |
| 2045 | 1,296,592,737 | 317,249,609 | -0.6% | 0.29% |
| 2046 | 1,288,357,014 | 318,096,567 | -0.64% | 0.27% |
| 2047 | 1,279,723,262 | 318,862,018 | -0.67% | 0.24% |
| 2048 | 1,270,661,954 | 319,554,646 | -0.71% | 0.22% |
| 2049 | 1,261,120,581 | 320,173,244 | -0.75% | 0.19% |
| 2050 | 1,251,102,086 | 320,712,941 | -0.79% | 0.17% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Indonesia gained 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Indonesia's population increased by 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth).
China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd in 2025. Indonesia was ranked 4th in 2005 and still ranked 4th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) China's population will shrink by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of Indonesia will increase by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people and rank change from 4th to 6th.
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Population differences between China and Indonesia
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| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 71.4 years |
| Average age | 40.5 years | 32.8 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 31.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1 births per woman | 2.13 births per woman |
| Population density | 389 ppl/mi² | 388 ppl/mi² |
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