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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	China	Venezuela	China	Venezuela
1960	667,070,000	8,160,090	-	-
1961	660,330,000	8,455,915	-1.01%	3.63%
1962	665,770,000	8,756,870	0.82%	3.56%
1963	682,335,000	9,064,021	2.49%	3.51%
1964	698,355,000	9,377,712	2.35%	3.46%
1965	715,185,000	9,697,790	2.41%	3.41%
1966	735,400,000	10,024,854	2.83%	3.37%
1967	754,550,000	10,358,513	2.6%	3.33%
1968	774,510,000	10,697,530	2.65%	3.27%
1969	796,025,000	11,040,280	2.78%	3.2%
1970	818,315,000	11,387,790	2.8%	3.15%
1971	841,105,000	11,741,008	2.78%	3.1%
1972	862,030,000	12,099,180	2.49%	3.05%
1973	881,940,000	12,463,537	2.31%	3.01%
1974	900,350,000	12,835,351	2.09%	2.98%
1975	916,395,000	13,215,892	1.78%	2.96%
1976	930,685,000	13,606,284	1.56%	2.95%
1977	943,455,000	14,006,812	1.37%	2.94%
1978	956,165,000	14,416,684	1.35%	2.93%
1979	969,005,000	14,834,552	1.34%	2.9%
1980	981,235,000	15,258,218	1.26%	2.86%
1981	993,885,000	15,687,297	1.29%	2.81%
1982	1,008,630,000	16,121,874	1.48%	2.77%
1983	1,023,310,000	16,562,205	1.46%	2.73%
1984	1,036,825,000	17,008,841	1.32%	2.7%
1985	1,051,040,000	17,461,434	1.37%	2.66%
1986	1,066,790,000	17,923,536	1.5%	2.65%
1987	1,084,035,000	18,394,963	1.62%	2.63%
1988	1,101,630,000	18,871,020	1.62%	2.59%
1989	1,118,650,000	19,348,921	1.54%	2.53%
1990	1,135,185,000	19,827,010	1.48%	2.47%
1991	1,150,780,000	20,304,896	1.37%	2.41%
1992	1,164,970,000	20,780,948	1.23%	2.34%
1993	1,178,440,000	21,254,520	1.16%	2.28%
1994	1,191,835,000	21,725,188	1.14%	2.21%
1995	1,204,855,000	22,193,821	1.09%	2.16%
1996	1,217,550,000	22,662,113	1.05%	2.11%
1997	1,230,075,000	23,131,685	1.03%	2.07%
1998	1,241,935,000	23,601,337	0.96%	2.03%
1999	1,252,735,000	24,066,593	0.87%	1.97%
2000	1,262,645,000	24,526,708	0.79%	1.91%
2001	1,271,850,000	24,979,922	0.73%	1.85%
2002	1,280,400,000	25,435,671	0.67%	1.82%
2003	1,288,400,000	25,892,703	0.62%	1.8%
2004	1,296,075,000	26,340,838	0.6%	1.73%
2005	1,303,720,000	26,785,804	0.59%	1.69%
2006	1,311,020,000	27,224,686	0.56%	1.64%
2007	1,317,885,000	27,649,363	0.52%	1.56%
2008	1,324,655,000	28,053,696	0.51%	1.46%
2009	1,331,260,000	28,438,298	0.5%	1.37%
2010	1,337,705,000	28,813,101	0.48%	1.32%
2011	1,345,035,000	29,185,212	0.55%	1.29%
2012	1,354,190,000	29,553,826	0.68%	1.26%
2013	1,363,240,000	29,912,198	0.67%	1.21%
2014	1,371,860,000	30,254,079	0.63%	1.14%
2015	1,379,860,000	30,573,972	0.58%	1.06%
2016	1,387,790,000	30,765,720	0.57%	0.63%
2017	1,396,215,000	30,565,323	0.61%	-0.65%
2018	1,402,760,000	29,807,592	0.47%	-2.48%
2019	1,407,745,000	28,938,098	0.36%	-2.92%
2020	1,411,100,000	28,444,077	0.24%	-1.71%
2021	1,412,360,000	28,237,826	0.09%	-0.73%
2022	1,412,175,000	28,213,017	-0.01%	-0.09%
2023	1,410,710,000	28,300,854	-0.1%	0.31%
2024	1,408,975,000	28,405,543	-0.12%	0.37%
2025	1,405,773,318	28,516,898	-0.23%	0.39%
2026	1,402,614,510	28,633,718	-0.22%	0.41%
2027	1,399,403,406	28,758,565	-0.23%	0.44%
2028	1,395,886,569	28,885,166	-0.25%	0.44%
2029	1,392,060,666	29,014,444	-0.27%	0.45%
2030	1,387,961,846	29,151,809	-0.29%	0.47%
2031	1,383,588,794	29,295,744	-0.32%	0.49%
2032	1,378,934,346	29,442,534	-0.34%	0.5%
2033	1,374,007,012	29,587,099	-0.36%	0.49%
2034	1,368,825,481	29,735,159	-0.38%	0.5%
2035	1,363,415,793	29,883,329	-0.4%	0.5%
2036	1,357,772,486	30,020,167	-0.41%	0.46%
2037	1,351,902,859	30,146,546	-0.43%	0.42%
2038	1,345,840,038	30,268,328	-0.45%	0.4%
2039	1,339,558,174	30,386,284	-0.47%	0.39%
2040	1,333,028,062	30,495,445	-0.49%	0.36%
2041	1,326,251,398	30,590,207	-0.51%	0.31%
2042	1,319,222,019	30,674,532	-0.53%	0.28%
2043	1,311,956,934	30,749,671	-0.55%	0.24%
2044	1,304,437,340	30,813,805	-0.57%	0.21%
2045	1,296,592,737	30,871,490	-0.6%	0.19%
2046	1,288,357,014	30,923,463	-0.64%	0.17%
2047	1,279,723,262	30,974,366	-0.67%	0.16%
2048	1,270,661,954	31,021,600	-0.71%	0.15%
2049	1,261,120,581	31,059,954	-0.75%	0.12%
2050	1,251,102,086	31,094,884	-0.79%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.