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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of China was 1,408,975,000 in 2024 vs 36,361,859 people in Uzbekistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current China's population is 1,405,773,318 people compared to 37,592,263 in Uzbekistan.

Population statistics:

  • China's population is 37.4 times bigger than Uzbekistan's.
  • China is ranked the 2nd most populous country in the world, while Uzbekistan is the 42nd.
  • The countries together account for 17.5% of the world: 17% for China vs 0.45% for Uzbekistan.
  • For the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +1.85% in Uzbekistan.
  • Since 2005, the population of China has increased from 1.3B people to 1.41B (7.83% growth), while Uzbekistan has grown from 26.4M to 37.6M (42.6% growth).
  • Uzbekistan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 74.3M 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 Uzbekistan: live population counter

China Uzbekistan
Current population
1405773318
37592263
Population rank 2/197 42/197
Percent of world population 17% 0.45%
One net population change
18.2 seconds
44.4 seconds
One birth every
3.5 seconds
33.4 seconds
One death every
2.84 seconds
2.38 minutes
One migration net change every
1.65 minutes
1.24 hours
Annual migration change -318,992 -7,066
Daily growth/decline -4,753 +1,944
Annual growth/decline -1,735,000 +709,552
Annual growth/decline rate -0.12% +1.99%
Population growth rate rank 173/197 54/197

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

China
Population

Growth rate
Uzbekistan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
China Uzbekistan China Uzbekistan
1960 667,070,000 8,209,109 - -
1961 660,330,000 8,517,711 -1.01% 3.76%
1962 665,770,000 8,854,368 0.82% 3.95%
1963 682,335,000 9,202,246 2.49% 3.93%
1964 698,355,000 9,557,611 2.35% 3.86%
1965 715,185,000 9,921,681 2.41% 3.81%
1966 735,400,000 10,289,294 2.83% 3.71%
1967 754,550,000 10,659,180 2.6% 3.59%
1968 774,510,000 11,032,155 2.65% 3.5%
1969 796,025,000 11,403,150 2.78% 3.36%
1970 818,315,000 11,762,638 2.8% 3.15%
1971 841,105,000 12,111,511 2.78% 2.97%
1972 862,030,000 12,465,106 2.49% 2.92%
1973 881,940,000 12,831,047 2.31% 2.94%
1974 900,350,000 13,209,011 2.09% 2.95%
1975 916,395,000 13,598,521 1.78% 2.95%
1976 930,685,000 13,998,620 1.56% 2.94%
1977 943,455,000 14,408,822 1.37% 2.93%
1978 956,165,000 14,816,349 1.35% 2.83%
1979 969,005,000 15,215,587 1.34% 2.69%
1980 981,235,000 15,619,936 1.26% 2.66%
1981 993,885,000 16,035,032 1.29% 2.66%
1982 1,008,630,000 16,462,736 1.48% 2.67%
1983 1,023,310,000 16,908,400 1.46% 2.71%
1984 1,036,825,000 17,378,846 1.32% 2.78%
1985 1,051,040,000 17,875,339 1.37% 2.86%
1986 1,066,790,000 18,395,621 1.5% 2.91%
1987 1,084,035,000 18,930,070 1.62% 2.91%
1988 1,101,630,000 19,460,630 1.62% 2.8%
1989 1,118,650,000 19,977,183 1.54% 2.65%
1990 1,135,185,000 20,464,956 1.48% 2.44%
1991 1,150,780,000 20,962,910 1.37% 2.43%
1992 1,164,970,000 21,485,090 1.23% 2.49%
1993 1,178,440,000 21,987,955 1.16% 2.34%
1994 1,191,835,000 22,463,291 1.14% 2.16%
1995 1,204,855,000 22,917,589 1.09% 2.02%
1996 1,217,550,000 23,351,981 1.05% 1.9%
1997 1,230,075,000 23,758,960 1.03% 1.74%
1998 1,241,935,000 24,134,929 0.96% 1.58%
1999 1,252,735,000 24,476,008 0.87% 1.41%
2000 1,262,645,000 24,787,054 0.79% 1.27%
2001 1,271,850,000 25,090,283 0.73% 1.22%
2002 1,280,400,000 25,399,980 0.67% 1.23%
2003 1,288,400,000 25,711,259 0.62% 1.23%
2004 1,296,075,000 26,029,350 0.6% 1.24%
2005 1,303,720,000 26,356,975 0.59% 1.26%
2006 1,311,020,000 26,699,043 0.56% 1.3%
2007 1,317,885,000 27,076,008 0.52% 1.41%
2008 1,324,655,000 27,494,774 0.51% 1.55%
2009 1,331,260,000 27,939,328 0.5% 1.62%
2010 1,337,705,000 28,385,506 0.48% 1.6%
2011 1,345,035,000 28,823,196 0.55% 1.54%
2012 1,354,190,000 29,261,903 0.68% 1.52%
2013 1,363,240,000 29,724,065 0.67% 1.58%
2014 1,371,860,000 30,222,994 0.63% 1.68%
2015 1,379,860,000 30,749,346 0.58% 1.74%
2016 1,387,790,000 31,284,568 0.57% 1.74%
2017 1,396,215,000 31,819,178 0.61% 1.71%
2018 1,402,760,000 32,373,490 0.47% 1.74%
2019 1,407,745,000 32,964,701 0.36% 1.83%
2020 1,411,100,000 33,586,372 0.24% 1.89%
2021 1,412,360,000 34,243,696 0.09% 1.96%
2022 1,412,175,000 34,938,955 -0.01% 2.03%
2023 1,410,710,000 35,652,307 -0.1% 2.04%
2024 1,408,975,000 36,361,859 -0.12% 1.99%
2025 1,405,773,318 37,053,425 -0.23% 1.9%
2026 1,402,614,510 37,724,224 -0.22% 1.81%
2027 1,399,403,406 38,376,104 -0.23% 1.73%
2028 1,395,886,569 39,010,995 -0.25% 1.65%
2029 1,392,060,666 39,634,353 -0.27% 1.6%
2030 1,387,961,846 40,248,246 -0.29% 1.55%
2031 1,383,588,794 40,850,310 -0.32% 1.5%
2032 1,378,934,346 41,442,243 -0.34% 1.45%
2033 1,374,007,012 42,026,366 -0.36% 1.41%
2034 1,368,825,481 42,603,253 -0.38% 1.37%
2035 1,363,415,793 43,175,104 -0.4% 1.34%
2036 1,357,772,486 43,744,382 -0.41% 1.32%
2037 1,351,902,859 44,313,638 -0.43% 1.3%
2038 1,345,840,038 44,885,866 -0.45% 1.29%
2039 1,339,558,174 45,461,988 -0.47% 1.28%
2040 1,333,028,062 46,044,151 -0.49% 1.28%
2041 1,326,251,398 46,636,742 -0.51% 1.29%
2042 1,319,222,019 47,240,035 -0.53% 1.29%
2043 1,311,956,934 47,851,671 -0.55% 1.29%
2044 1,304,437,340 48,470,624 -0.57% 1.29%
2045 1,296,592,737 49,096,060 -0.6% 1.29%
2046 1,288,357,014 49,724,395 -0.64% 1.28%
2047 1,279,723,262 50,351,710 -0.67% 1.26%
2048 1,270,661,954 50,975,927 -0.71% 1.24%
2049 1,261,120,581 51,596,108 -0.75% 1.22%
2050 1,251,102,086 52,210,749 -0.79% 1.19%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Uzbekistan gained 4,392,371 people (a 16.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Uzbekistan's population increased by 6,842,917 (a 22.3% growth).

China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd in 2025. Uzbekistan was ranked 42nd in 2005 and still ranked 42nd 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 Uzbekistan will increase by 38.9% to 52,210,749 people and rank change from 42nd to 39th.

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