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Population growth in China
1961 – 2025 · 65 data points
40 of 42 · Countries
Updated Oct 21, 2026
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
-0.17%
−0.05 pp
since 2024
Countries · 2025
40 of 42
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015
−0.75 pp
vs World
−1.08 pp
World: 0.91% · 2025
Population growth, 1961 – 2025 percent · China · World
−0.75 pp since 2015
-2%
-1%
0%
1%
2%
3%
1961
1980
1990
2000
2010
2025
China
World
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
Compared with Population growth · percent
China
-0.17%
World
0.91%
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance China · 1961 – 2025
Latest value
-0.17% · 2025
First value
-1.02% · 1961
Highest
2.79% · 1966
Lowest
-1.02% · 1961
Data points
65
By year
All years · 1961 – 2025
| Year | China | Change | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.17% | −0.05 pp | 0.91% |
| 2024 | -0.12% | −0.02 pp | 0.96% |
| 2023 | -0.10% | −0.09 pp | 0.93% |
| 2022 | -0.01% | −0.10 pp | 0.87% |
| 2021 | 0.09% | −0.15 pp | 0.83% |
| 2020 | 0.24% | −0.12 pp | 0.98% |
| 2019 | 0.35% | −0.11 pp | 1.05% |
| 2018 | 0.47% | −0.14 pp | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 0.61% | +0.03 pp | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 0.57% | −0.01 pp | 1.16% |
| 2015 | 0.58% | −0.05 pp | 1.18% |
| 2014 | 0.63% | −0.04 pp | 1.21% |
| 2013 | 0.67% | −0.01 pp | 1.23% |
| 2012 | 0.68% | +0.13 pp | 1.26% |
| 2011 | 0.55% | +0.06 pp | 1.22% |
| 2010 | 0.48% | −0.01 pp | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 0.50% | −0.02 pp | 1.25% |
| 2008 | 0.51% | −0.01 pp | 1.27% |
| 2007 | 0.52% | −0.04 pp | 1.26% |
| 2006 | 0.56% | −0.03 pp | 1.27% |
| 2005 | 0.59% | −0.01 pp | 1.27% |
| 2004 | 0.59% | −0.03 pp | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 0.62% | −0.05 pp | 1.29% |
| 2002 | 0.67% | −0.06 pp | 1.31% |
| 2001 | 0.73% | −0.06 pp | 1.34% |
| 2000 | 0.79% | −0.08 pp | 1.36% |
| 1999 | 0.87% | −0.09 pp | 1.40% |
| 1998 | 0.96% | −0.06 pp | 1.44% |
| 1997 | 1.02% | −0.02 pp | 1.46% |
| 1996 | 1.05% | −0.04 pp | 1.49% |
| 1995 | 1.09% | −0.04 pp | 1.50% |
| 1994 | 1.13% | −0.02 pp | 1.54% |
| 1993 | 1.15% | −0.08 pp | 1.59% |
| 1992 | 1.23% | −0.14 pp | 1.63% |
| 1991 | 1.36% | −0.10 pp | 1.67% |
| 1990 | 1.47% | −0.07 pp | 1.74% |
| 1989 | 1.53% | −0.08 pp | 1.75% |
| 1988 | 1.61% | +0.01 pp | 1.78% |
| 1987 | 1.60% | +0.12 pp | 1.79% |
| 1986 | 1.49% | +0.13 pp | 1.78% |
| 1985 | 1.36% | +0.05 pp | 1.76% |
| 1984 | 1.31% | −0.13 pp | 1.76% |
| 1983 | 1.44% | −0.03 pp | 1.80% |
| 1982 | 1.47% | +0.19 pp | 1.81% |
| 1981 | 1.28% | +0.03 pp | 1.77% |
| 1980 | 1.25% | −0.08 pp | 1.76% |
| 1979 | 1.33% | −0.00 pp | 1.77% |
| 1978 | 1.34% | −0.02 pp | 1.75% |
| 1977 | 1.36% | −0.18 pp | 1.75% |
| 1976 | 1.55% | −0.22 pp | 1.80% |
| 1975 | 1.77% | −0.30 pp | 1.86% |
| 1974 | 2.07% | −0.22 pp | 1.93% |
| 1973 | 2.28% | −0.17 pp | 1.98% |
| 1972 | 2.46% | −0.29 pp | 2.00% |
| 1971 | 2.75% | −0.01 pp | 2.10% |
| 1970 | 2.76% | +0.02 pp | 2.08% |
| 1969 | 2.74% | +0.13 pp | 2.08% |
| 1968 | 2.61% | +0.04 pp | 2.05% |
| 1967 | 2.57% | −0.22 pp | 2.04% |
| 1966 | 2.79% | +0.41 pp | 2.09% |
| 1965 | 2.38% | +0.06 pp | 2.06% |
| 1964 | 2.32% | −0.14 pp | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 2.46% | +1.64 pp | 2.12% |
| 1962 | 0.82% | +1.84 pp | 1.77% |
| 1961 | -1.02% | 1.36% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Population growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Algeria | 1.94% | |
| 19 | Argentina | 0.82% | |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 0.82% | |
| 22 | Brazil | 0.68% | |
| 40 | Bulgaria | -1.37% | |
| 13 | Canada | 1.43% | |
| 11 | Chile | 1.79% | |
| 27 | China | 0.47% | |
| 9 | Colombia | 1.84% | |
| 4 | Congo - Brazzaville | 2.44% | |
| 1 | Congo - Kinshasa | 3.35% | |
| 31 | Czechia | 0.33% | |
| 12 | Ecuador | 1.72% | |
| 8 | Egypt | 1.90% | |
| 33 | Finland | 0.13% | |
| 30 | France | 0.36% | |
| 3 | Gabon | 2.54% | |
| 32 | Germany | 0.30% | |
| 36 | Greece | -0.20% | |
| 10 | Honduras | 1.83% | |
| 21 | Hong Kong SAR China | 0.80% | |
| 16 | India | 1.10% | |
| 17 | Indonesia | 0.97% | |
| 37 | Italy | -0.21% | |
| 42 | Lebanon | -2.90% | |
| 6 | Liberia | 1.96% | |
| 39 | Lithuania | -0.83% | |
| 18 | Mexico | 0.95% | |
| 25 | Netherlands | 0.58% | |
| 23 | Norway | 0.66% | |
| 15 | Philippines | 1.24% | |
| 35 | Poland | -0.00% | |
| 38 | Romania | -0.59% | |
| 34 | Russia | 0.07% | |
| 41 | Saudi Arabia | -2.55% | |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 2.35% | |
| 29 | South Korea | 0.43% | |
| 28 | Spain | 0.45% | |
| 14 | Türkiye | 1.35% | |
| 26 | United Kingdom | 0.49% | |
| 24 | United States | 0.59% | |
| 2 | Yemen | 2.96% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2018
What it means
How fast the population changes from one year to the next.
How it is calculated
Change in the number of residents over the year, as a percentage of the population at the start.
People
China in numbers
Population
1.4B
2024
Population density
147
2024
Median age
39.1
2023
Children under 15
15.4%
2025
Residents 65 and over
14.9%
2025
Life expectancy
78.0
2024
Births per woman
1.01
2024
Birth rate
6.8
2024
Infant mortality
4.1
2024
Net migration
-0.4
2023
Born abroad
0.1%
2024
Urban population
66.3%
2025