Population in China compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

China and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	China	Philippines	China	Philippines
1960	667,070,000	27,891,897	-	-
1961	660,330,000	28,792,621	-1.01%	3.23%
1962	665,770,000	29,723,536	0.82%	3.23%
1963	682,335,000	30,674,731	2.49%	3.2%
1964	698,355,000	31,643,032	2.35%	3.16%
1965	715,185,000	32,625,316	2.41%	3.1%
1966	735,400,000	33,617,170	2.83%	3.04%
1967	754,550,000	34,621,320	2.6%	2.99%
1968	774,510,000	35,638,342	2.65%	2.94%
1969	796,025,000	36,660,799	2.78%	2.87%
1970	818,315,000	37,622,204	2.8%	2.62%
1971	841,105,000	38,518,659	2.78%	2.38%
1972	862,030,000	39,408,560	2.49%	2.31%
1973	881,940,000	40,294,130	2.31%	2.25%
1974	900,350,000	41,174,341	2.09%	2.18%
1975	916,395,000	42,120,826	1.78%	2.3%
1976	930,685,000	43,201,488	1.56%	2.57%
1977	943,455,000	44,367,962	1.37%	2.7%
1978	956,165,000	45,575,281	1.35%	2.72%
1979	969,005,000	46,807,103	1.34%	2.7%
1980	981,235,000	48,043,740	1.26%	2.64%
1981	993,885,000	49,311,727	1.29%	2.64%
1982	1,008,630,000	50,695,707	1.48%	2.81%
1983	1,023,310,000	52,194,620	1.46%	2.96%
1984	1,036,825,000	53,726,181	1.32%	2.93%
1985	1,051,040,000	55,213,006	1.37%	2.77%
1986	1,066,790,000	56,645,077	1.5%	2.59%
1987	1,084,035,000	58,157,496	1.62%	2.67%
1988	1,101,630,000	59,739,052	1.62%	2.72%
1989	1,118,650,000	61,265,260	1.54%	2.55%
1990	1,135,185,000	62,854,666	1.48%	2.59%
1991	1,150,780,000	64,382,249	1.37%	2.43%
1992	1,164,970,000	65,926,125	1.23%	2.4%
1993	1,178,440,000	67,530,621	1.16%	2.43%
1994	1,191,835,000	69,019,291	1.14%	2.2%
1995	1,204,855,000	70,546,246	1.09%	2.21%
1996	1,217,550,000	72,190,242	1.05%	2.33%
1997	1,230,075,000	73,908,810	1.03%	2.38%
1998	1,241,935,000	75,791,024	0.96%	2.55%
1999	1,252,735,000	77,753,257	0.87%	2.59%
2000	1,262,645,000	79,625,397	0.79%	2.41%
2001	1,271,850,000	81,401,488	0.73%	2.23%
2002	1,280,400,000	83,068,889	0.67%	2.05%
2003	1,288,400,000	84,731,835	0.62%	2%
2004	1,296,075,000	86,394,504	0.6%	1.96%
2005	1,303,720,000	88,015,962	0.59%	1.88%
2006	1,311,020,000	89,508,986	0.56%	1.7%
2007	1,317,885,000	91,075,184	0.52%	1.75%
2008	1,324,655,000	92,699,095	0.51%	1.78%
2009	1,331,260,000	94,384,250	0.5%	1.82%
2010	1,337,705,000	96,337,125	0.48%	2.07%
2011	1,345,035,000	98,248,614	0.55%	1.98%
2012	1,354,190,000	100,175,512	0.68%	1.96%
2013	1,363,240,000	102,076,336	0.67%	1.9%
2014	1,371,860,000	103,767,130	0.63%	1.66%
2015	1,379,860,000	105,312,992	0.58%	1.49%
2016	1,387,790,000	106,735,719	0.57%	1.35%
2017	1,396,215,000	108,119,693	0.61%	1.3%
2018	1,402,760,000	109,465,287	0.47%	1.24%
2019	1,407,745,000	110,804,683	0.36%	1.22%
2020	1,411,100,000	112,081,264	0.24%	1.15%
2021	1,412,360,000	113,100,950	0.09%	0.91%
2022	1,412,175,000	113,964,338	-0.01%	0.76%
2023	1,410,710,000	114,891,199	-0.1%	0.81%
2024	1,408,975,000	115,843,670	-0.12%	0.83%
2025	1,405,773,318	116,786,968	-0.23%	0.81%
2026	1,402,614,510	117,724,479	-0.22%	0.8%
2027	1,399,403,406	118,656,426	-0.23%	0.79%
2028	1,395,886,569	119,583,984	-0.25%	0.78%
2029	1,392,060,666	120,502,132	-0.27%	0.77%
2030	1,387,961,846	121,408,897	-0.29%	0.75%
2031	1,383,588,794	122,301,606	-0.32%	0.74%
2032	1,378,934,346	123,180,341	-0.34%	0.72%
2033	1,374,007,012	124,049,036	-0.36%	0.71%
2034	1,368,825,481	124,904,124	-0.38%	0.69%
2035	1,363,415,793	125,740,977	-0.4%	0.67%
2036	1,357,772,486	126,558,232	-0.41%	0.65%
2037	1,351,902,859	127,352,607	-0.43%	0.63%
2038	1,345,840,038	128,118,535	-0.45%	0.6%
2039	1,339,558,174	128,850,047	-0.47%	0.57%
2040	1,333,028,062	129,546,666	-0.49%	0.54%
2041	1,326,251,398	130,209,810	-0.51%	0.51%
2042	1,319,222,019	130,837,005	-0.53%	0.48%
2043	1,311,956,934	131,427,404	-0.55%	0.45%
2044	1,304,437,340	131,979,673	-0.57%	0.42%
2045	1,296,592,737	132,492,038	-0.6%	0.39%
2046	1,288,357,014	132,962,001	-0.64%	0.35%
2047	1,279,723,262	133,385,290	-0.67%	0.32%
2048	1,270,661,954	133,759,436	-0.71%	0.28%
2049	1,261,120,581	134,089,011	-0.75%	0.25%
2050	1,251,102,086	134,373,439	-0.79%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.