The latest officially reported population of China was 1,408,975,000 in 2024 vs 58,986,023 people in Italy in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current China's population is 1,405,773,318 people compared to 58,790,597 in Italy.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 23.9 times bigger than Italy's.
- China is ranked the 2nd most populous country in the world, while Italy is the 25th.
- The countries together account for 17.7% of the world: 17% for China vs 0.71% for Italy.
- For the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs -0.2% in Italy.
- Since 2005, the population of China has increased from 1.3B people to 1.41B (7.83% growth), while Italy has grown from 58.2M to 58.8M (1.07% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 34% of the population in China and 29.6% in Italy.
China vs Italy: live population counter
China
|
Italy
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1405773318
|
58790597
|
| Population rank | 2/197 | 25/197 |
| Percent of world population | 17% | 0.71% |
| One net population change |
18.2 seconds
|
1.18 hours
|
| One birth every |
3.5 seconds
|
1.39 minutes
|
| One death every |
2.84 seconds
|
47.7 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.65 minutes
|
5.52 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -318,992 | +95,246 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4,753 | -20 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,735,000 | -7,452 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | -0.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 173/197 | 166/197 |
China and Italy: population history and growth rate by year chart
China
Population
Growth rate
Italy
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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China
|
Italy
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China
|
Italy
|
|
| 1960 | 667,070,000 | 50,199,700 | - | - |
| 1961 | 660,330,000 | 50,536,350 | -1.01% | 0.67% |
| 1962 | 665,770,000 | 50,879,450 | 0.82% | 0.68% |
| 1963 | 682,335,000 | 51,252,000 | 2.49% | 0.73% |
| 1964 | 698,355,000 | 51,675,350 | 2.35% | 0.83% |
| 1965 | 715,185,000 | 52,112,350 | 2.41% | 0.85% |
| 1966 | 735,400,000 | 52,519,000 | 2.83% | 0.78% |
| 1967 | 754,550,000 | 52,900,500 | 2.6% | 0.73% |
| 1968 | 774,510,000 | 53,235,750 | 2.65% | 0.63% |
| 1969 | 796,025,000 | 53,537,950 | 2.78% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 818,315,000 | 53,821,850 | 2.8% | 0.53% |
| 1971 | 841,105,000 | 54,073,490 | 2.78% | 0.47% |
| 1972 | 862,030,000 | 54,381,345 | 2.49% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 881,940,000 | 54,751,406 | 2.31% | 0.68% |
| 1974 | 900,350,000 | 55,110,868 | 2.09% | 0.66% |
| 1975 | 916,395,000 | 55,441,001 | 1.78% | 0.6% |
| 1976 | 930,685,000 | 55,718,260 | 1.56% | 0.5% |
| 1977 | 943,455,000 | 55,955,411 | 1.37% | 0.43% |
| 1978 | 956,165,000 | 56,155,143 | 1.35% | 0.36% |
| 1979 | 969,005,000 | 56,317,749 | 1.34% | 0.29% |
| 1980 | 981,235,000 | 56,433,883 | 1.26% | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 993,885,000 | 56,501,675 | 1.29% | 0.12% |
| 1982 | 1,008,630,000 | 56,543,548 | 1.48% | 0.07% |
| 1983 | 1,023,310,000 | 56,564,074 | 1.46% | 0.04% |
| 1984 | 1,036,825,000 | 56,576,718 | 1.32% | 0.02% |
| 1985 | 1,051,040,000 | 56,593,071 | 1.37% | 0.03% |
| 1986 | 1,066,790,000 | 56,596,155 | 1.5% | 0.005% |
| 1987 | 1,084,035,000 | 56,601,931 | 1.62% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 1,101,630,000 | 56,629,288 | 1.62% | 0.05% |
| 1989 | 1,118,650,000 | 56,671,781 | 1.54% | 0.08% |
| 1990 | 1,135,185,000 | 56,719,240 | 1.48% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 1,150,780,000 | 56,758,521 | 1.37% | 0.07% |
| 1992 | 1,164,970,000 | 56,797,087 | 1.23% | 0.07% |
| 1993 | 1,178,440,000 | 56,831,821 | 1.16% | 0.06% |
| 1994 | 1,191,835,000 | 56,843,400 | 1.14% | 0.02% |
| 1995 | 1,204,855,000 | 56,844,303 | 1.09% | 0.002% |
| 1996 | 1,217,550,000 | 56,860,281 | 1.05% | 0.03% |
| 1997 | 1,230,075,000 | 56,890,372 | 1.03% | 0.05% |
| 1998 | 1,241,935,000 | 56,906,744 | 0.96% | 0.03% |
| 1999 | 1,252,735,000 | 56,916,317 | 0.87% | 0.02% |
| 2000 | 1,262,645,000 | 56,942,108 | 0.79% | 0.05% |
| 2001 | 1,271,850,000 | 56,976,981 | 0.73% | 0.06% |
| 2002 | 1,280,400,000 | 57,089,824 | 0.67% | 0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,288,400,000 | 57,399,184 | 0.62% | 0.54% |
| 2004 | 1,296,075,000 | 57,828,179 | 0.6% | 0.75% |
| 2005 | 1,303,720,000 | 58,166,682 | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 1,311,020,000 | 58,399,861 | 0.56% | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,317,885,000 | 58,756,247 | 0.52% | 0.61% |
| 2008 | 1,324,655,000 | 59,211,181 | 0.51% | 0.77% |
| 2009 | 1,331,260,000 | 59,555,454 | 0.5% | 0.58% |
| 2010 | 1,337,705,000 | 59,819,407 | 0.48% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 1,345,035,000 | 60,026,841 | 0.55% | 0.35% |
| 2012 | 1,354,190,000 | 60,191,247 | 0.68% | 0.27% |
| 2013 | 1,363,240,000 | 60,311,613 | 0.67% | 0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,371,860,000 | 60,320,707 | 0.63% | 0.02% |
| 2015 | 1,379,860,000 | 60,229,605 | 0.58% | -0.15% |
| 2016 | 1,387,790,000 | 60,115,223 | 0.57% | -0.19% |
| 2017 | 1,396,215,000 | 60,002,252 | 0.61% | -0.19% |
| 2018 | 1,402,760,000 | 60,148,658 | 0.47% | 0.24% |
| 2019 | 1,407,745,000 | 59,729,081 | 0.36% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,411,100,000 | 59,438,851 | 0.24% | -0.49% |
| 2021 | 1,412,360,000 | 59,133,173 | 0.09% | -0.51% |
| 2022 | 1,412,175,000 | 59,013,667 | -0.01% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,410,710,000 | 58,993,475 | -0.1% | -0.03% |
| 2024 | 1,408,975,000 | 58,986,023 | -0.12% | -0.01% |
| 2025 | 1,405,773,318 | 58,790,597 | -0.23% | -0.33% |
| 2026 | 1,402,614,510 | 58,571,823 | -0.22% | -0.37% |
| 2027 | 1,399,403,406 | 58,335,864 | -0.23% | -0.4% |
| 2028 | 1,395,886,569 | 58,094,373 | -0.25% | -0.41% |
| 2029 | 1,392,060,666 | 57,851,042 | -0.27% | -0.42% |
| 2030 | 1,387,961,846 | 57,597,622 | -0.29% | -0.44% |
| 2031 | 1,383,588,794 | 57,333,277 | -0.32% | -0.46% |
| 2032 | 1,378,934,346 | 57,071,235 | -0.34% | -0.46% |
| 2033 | 1,374,007,012 | 56,812,747 | -0.36% | -0.45% |
| 2034 | 1,368,825,481 | 56,548,816 | -0.38% | -0.46% |
| 2035 | 1,363,415,793 | 56,279,536 | -0.4% | -0.48% |
| 2036 | 1,357,772,486 | 56,009,844 | -0.41% | -0.48% |
| 2037 | 1,351,902,859 | 55,737,477 | -0.43% | -0.49% |
| 2038 | 1,345,840,038 | 55,460,735 | -0.45% | -0.5% |
| 2039 | 1,339,558,174 | 55,177,508 | -0.47% | -0.51% |
| 2040 | 1,333,028,062 | 54,889,107 | -0.49% | -0.52% |
| 2041 | 1,326,251,398 | 54,601,628 | -0.51% | -0.52% |
| 2042 | 1,319,222,019 | 54,307,412 | -0.53% | -0.54% |
| 2043 | 1,311,956,934 | 53,997,106 | -0.55% | -0.57% |
| 2044 | 1,304,437,340 | 53,679,603 | -0.57% | -0.59% |
| 2045 | 1,296,592,737 | 53,357,669 | -0.6% | -0.6% |
| 2046 | 1,288,357,014 | 53,025,288 | -0.64% | -0.62% |
| 2047 | 1,279,723,262 | 52,680,150 | -0.67% | -0.65% |
| 2048 | 1,270,661,954 | 52,324,241 | -0.71% | -0.68% |
| 2049 | 1,261,120,581 | 51,959,050 | -0.75% | -0.7% |
| 2050 | 1,251,102,086 | 51,579,060 | -0.79% | -0.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Italy gained 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline).
China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd in 2025. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2005 and ranked 25th 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 Italy will decrease by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people and rank change from 25th to 40th.
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Population differences between China and Italy
|
China
|
Italy
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 84 years |
| Average age | 40.5 years | 46.5 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 48.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 48.9:51.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 389 ppl/mi² | 517 ppl/mi² |
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