Population in China compared to Mexico: Trends, Charts, Rankings

China and Mexico: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	China	Mexico	China	Mexico
1960	667,070,000	36,724,615	-	-
1961	660,330,000	37,890,118	-1.01%	3.17%
1962	665,770,000	39,129,200	0.82%	3.27%
1963	682,335,000	40,424,065	2.49%	3.31%
1964	698,355,000	41,772,049	2.35%	3.33%
1965	715,185,000	43,174,477	2.41%	3.36%
1966	735,400,000	44,629,106	2.83%	3.37%
1967	754,550,000	46,129,608	2.6%	3.36%
1968	774,510,000	47,668,303	2.65%	3.34%
1969	796,025,000	49,233,194	2.78%	3.28%
1970	818,315,000	50,814,953	2.8%	3.21%
1971	841,105,000	52,412,558	2.78%	3.14%
1972	862,030,000	54,030,168	2.49%	3.09%
1973	881,940,000	55,667,284	2.31%	3.03%
1974	900,350,000	57,320,149	2.09%	2.97%
1975	916,395,000	58,982,400	1.78%	2.9%
1976	930,685,000	60,645,512	1.56%	2.82%
1977	943,455,000	62,308,493	1.37%	2.74%
1978	956,165,000	63,979,046	1.35%	2.68%
1979	969,005,000	65,648,865	1.34%	2.61%
1980	981,235,000	67,300,334	1.26%	2.52%
1981	993,885,000	68,892,108	1.29%	2.37%
1982	1,008,630,000	70,433,260	1.48%	2.24%
1983	1,023,310,000	71,971,240	1.46%	2.18%
1984	1,036,825,000	73,506,846	1.32%	2.13%
1985	1,051,040,000	75,043,414	1.37%	2.09%
1986	1,066,790,000	76,585,637	1.5%	2.06%
1987	1,084,035,000	78,136,651	1.62%	2.03%
1988	1,101,630,000	79,695,531	1.62%	2%
1989	1,118,650,000	81,247,182	1.54%	1.95%
1990	1,135,185,000	82,820,170	1.48%	1.94%
1991	1,150,780,000	84,430,572	1.37%	1.94%
1992	1,164,970,000	86,044,809	1.23%	1.91%
1993	1,178,440,000	87,653,807	1.16%	1.87%
1994	1,191,835,000	89,259,205	1.14%	1.83%
1995	1,204,855,000	90,862,455	1.09%	1.8%
1996	1,217,550,000	92,452,702	1.05%	1.75%
1997	1,230,075,000	94,021,207	1.03%	1.7%
1998	1,241,935,000	95,575,245	0.96%	1.65%
1999	1,252,735,000	97,115,707	0.87%	1.61%
2000	1,262,645,000	98,625,552	0.79%	1.55%
2001	1,271,850,000	100,099,099	0.73%	1.49%
2002	1,280,400,000	101,548,624	0.67%	1.45%
2003	1,288,400,000	102,978,515	0.62%	1.41%
2004	1,296,075,000	104,394,131	0.6%	1.37%
2005	1,303,720,000	105,811,504	0.59%	1.36%
2006	1,311,020,000	107,253,666	0.56%	1.36%
2007	1,317,885,000	108,774,360	0.52%	1.42%
2008	1,324,655,000	110,374,288	0.51%	1.47%
2009	1,331,260,000	111,999,721	0.5%	1.47%
2010	1,337,705,000	113,623,895	0.48%	1.45%
2011	1,345,035,000	115,243,504	0.55%	1.43%
2012	1,354,190,000	116,818,208	0.68%	1.37%
2013	1,363,240,000	118,343,573	0.67%	1.31%
2014	1,371,860,000	119,784,261	0.63%	1.22%
2015	1,379,860,000	121,072,306	0.58%	1.08%
2016	1,387,790,000	122,251,351	0.57%	0.97%
2017	1,396,215,000	123,400,057	0.61%	0.94%
2018	1,402,760,000	124,573,711	0.47%	0.95%
2019	1,407,745,000	125,762,982	0.36%	0.95%
2020	1,411,100,000	126,799,054	0.24%	0.82%
2021	1,412,360,000	127,648,148	0.09%	0.67%
2022	1,412,175,000	128,613,117	-0.01%	0.76%
2023	1,410,710,000	129,739,759	-0.1%	0.88%
2024	1,408,975,000	130,861,007	-0.12%	0.86%
2025	1,405,773,318	131,946,905	-0.23%	0.83%
2026	1,402,614,510	132,997,664	-0.22%	0.8%
2027	1,399,403,406	134,017,711	-0.23%	0.77%
2028	1,395,886,569	135,008,697	-0.25%	0.74%
2029	1,392,060,666	135,970,893	-0.27%	0.71%
2030	1,387,961,846	136,904,747	-0.29%	0.69%
2031	1,383,588,794	137,811,068	-0.32%	0.66%
2032	1,378,934,346	138,690,189	-0.34%	0.64%
2033	1,374,007,012	139,542,087	-0.36%	0.61%
2034	1,368,825,481	140,362,026	-0.38%	0.59%
2035	1,363,415,793	141,150,818	-0.4%	0.56%
2036	1,357,772,486	141,909,168	-0.41%	0.54%
2037	1,351,902,859	142,637,546	-0.43%	0.51%
2038	1,345,840,038	143,336,222	-0.45%	0.49%
2039	1,339,558,174	143,998,296	-0.47%	0.46%
2040	1,333,028,062	144,624,328	-0.49%	0.43%
2041	1,326,251,398	145,217,780	-0.51%	0.41%
2042	1,319,222,019	145,777,459	-0.53%	0.39%
2043	1,311,956,934	146,300,011	-0.55%	0.36%
2044	1,304,437,340	146,787,722	-0.57%	0.33%
2045	1,296,592,737	147,240,096	-0.6%	0.31%
2046	1,288,357,014	147,654,160	-0.64%	0.28%
2047	1,279,723,262	148,030,153	-0.67%	0.25%
2048	1,270,661,954	148,372,233	-0.71%	0.23%
2049	1,261,120,581	148,677,894	-0.75%	0.21%
2050	1,251,102,086	148,946,272	-0.79%	0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.