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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	China	Ukraine	China	Ukraine
1960	667,070,000	42,824,093	-	-
1961	660,330,000	43,399,766	-1.01%	1.34%
1962	665,770,000	43,943,674	0.82%	1.25%
1963	682,335,000	44,462,372	2.49%	1.18%
1964	698,355,000	44,951,156	2.35%	1.1%
1965	715,185,000	45,386,892	2.41%	0.97%
1966	735,400,000	45,802,519	2.83%	0.92%
1967	754,550,000	46,215,988	2.6%	0.9%
1968	774,510,000	46,614,325	2.65%	0.86%
1969	796,025,000	46,976,256	2.78%	0.78%
1970	818,315,000	47,261,306	2.8%	0.61%
1971	841,105,000	47,573,287	2.78%	0.66%
1972	862,030,000	47,946,893	2.49%	0.79%
1973	881,940,000	48,277,121	2.31%	0.69%
1974	900,350,000	48,576,570	2.09%	0.62%
1975	916,395,000	48,865,229	1.78%	0.59%
1976	930,685,000	49,120,842	1.56%	0.52%
1977	943,455,000	49,336,481	1.37%	0.44%
1978	956,165,000	49,521,243	1.35%	0.37%
1979	969,005,000	49,721,381	1.34%	0.4%
1980	981,235,000	49,955,152	1.26%	0.47%
1981	993,885,000	50,189,281	1.29%	0.47%
1982	1,008,630,000	50,402,724	1.48%	0.43%
1983	1,023,310,000	50,637,029	1.46%	0.46%
1984	1,036,825,000	50,887,599	1.32%	0.49%
1985	1,051,040,000	51,108,770	1.37%	0.43%
1986	1,066,790,000	51,318,745	1.5%	0.41%
1987	1,084,035,000	51,515,732	1.62%	0.38%
1988	1,101,630,000	51,724,853	1.62%	0.41%
1989	1,118,650,000	51,917,817	1.54%	0.37%
1990	1,135,185,000	52,054,092	1.48%	0.26%
1991	1,150,780,000	52,170,961	1.37%	0.22%
1992	1,164,970,000	52,323,671	1.23%	0.29%
1993	1,178,440,000	52,350,126	1.16%	0.05%
1994	1,191,835,000	52,075,998	1.14%	-0.52%
1995	1,204,855,000	51,665,539	1.09%	-0.79%
1996	1,217,550,000	51,226,109	1.05%	-0.85%
1997	1,230,075,000	50,786,885	1.03%	-0.86%
1998	1,241,935,000	50,379,731	0.96%	-0.8%
1999	1,252,735,000	49,976,446	0.87%	-0.8%
2000	1,262,645,000	49,556,660	0.79%	-0.84%
2001	1,271,850,000	49,106,855	0.73%	-0.91%
2002	1,280,400,000	48,677,281	0.67%	-0.87%
2003	1,288,400,000	48,315,136	0.62%	-0.74%
2004	1,296,075,000	47,979,507	0.6%	-0.69%
2005	1,303,720,000	47,585,556	0.59%	-0.82%
2006	1,311,020,000	47,278,694	0.56%	-0.64%
2007	1,317,885,000	47,062,798	0.52%	-0.46%
2008	1,324,655,000	46,819,175	0.51%	-0.52%
2009	1,331,260,000	46,623,731	0.5%	-0.42%
2010	1,337,705,000	46,456,003	0.48%	-0.36%
2011	1,345,035,000	46,307,853	0.55%	-0.32%
2012	1,354,190,000	46,210,056	0.68%	-0.21%
2013	1,363,240,000	46,126,770	0.67%	-0.18%
2014	1,371,860,000	45,972,380	0.63%	-0.33%
2015	1,379,860,000	45,784,896	0.58%	-0.41%
2016	1,387,790,000	45,616,832	0.57%	-0.37%
2017	1,396,215,000	45,436,041	0.61%	-0.4%
2018	1,402,760,000	45,208,907	0.47%	-0.5%
2019	1,407,745,000	44,957,458	0.36%	-0.56%
2020	1,411,100,000	44,680,014	0.24%	-0.62%
2021	1,412,360,000	44,298,640	0.09%	-0.85%
2022	1,412,175,000	41,048,766	-0.01%	-7.34%
2023	1,410,710,000	37,732,836	-0.1%	-8.08%
2024	1,408,975,000	37,860,221	-0.12%	0.34%
2025	1,405,773,318	38,980,379	-0.23%	2.96%
2026	1,402,614,510	39,535,850	-0.22%	1.43%
2027	1,399,403,406	39,245,208	-0.23%	-0.74%
2028	1,395,886,569	38,952,086	-0.25%	-0.75%
2029	1,392,060,666	38,654,416	-0.27%	-0.76%
2030	1,387,961,846	38,353,848	-0.29%	-0.78%
2031	1,383,588,794	38,050,624	-0.32%	-0.79%
2032	1,378,934,346	37,746,688	-0.34%	-0.8%
2033	1,374,007,012	37,442,088	-0.36%	-0.81%
2034	1,368,825,481	37,135,839	-0.38%	-0.82%
2035	1,363,415,793	36,828,149	-0.4%	-0.83%
2036	1,357,772,486	36,519,767	-0.41%	-0.84%
2037	1,351,902,859	36,209,679	-0.43%	-0.85%
2038	1,345,840,038	35,897,705	-0.45%	-0.86%
2039	1,339,558,174	35,584,263	-0.47%	-0.87%
2040	1,333,028,062	35,270,911	-0.49%	-0.88%
2041	1,326,251,398	34,957,580	-0.51%	-0.89%
2042	1,319,222,019	34,641,778	-0.53%	-0.9%
2043	1,311,956,934	34,324,132	-0.55%	-0.92%
2044	1,304,437,340	34,004,074	-0.57%	-0.93%
2045	1,296,592,737	33,680,448	-0.6%	-0.95%
2046	1,288,357,014	33,351,499	-0.64%	-0.98%
2047	1,279,723,262	33,017,828	-0.67%	-1%
2048	1,270,661,954	32,680,968	-0.71%	-1.02%
2049	1,261,120,581	32,338,515	-0.75%	-1.05%
2050	1,251,102,086	31,990,136	-0.79%	-1.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Ukraine lost 1,800,660 people (a 3.78% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Ukraine's population decreased by -6,358,319 (a 13.9% decline).

China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd in 2025. Ukraine was ranked 26th in 2005 and ranked 40th 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 Ukraine will decrease by 18.9% to 31,990,136 people and rank change from 40th to 60th.