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Population in China
1999 – 2024 · 26 data points
1 of 9 · Countries
Updated Oct 21, 2026
Source: OECD Regional Database, 1999 – 2024
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Latest value · 2024
1,406,280,000
−0.1%
since 2023
Countries · 2024
1 of 9
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014
+2.2%
+0.5% a year on average
share of World
17.1%
World: 8,215,424,893 · 2025
Population, 1999 – 2024 people
+2.2% since 2014
0
500M
1B
1.5B
1999
2010
2015
2024
Source: OECD Regional Database, 1999 – 2024
Compared with Population · people
China 1.4B
World 8.2B · 2025
Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance China · 1999 – 2024
Latest value
1,406,280,000 · 2024
First value
1,242,190,000 · 1999
Highest
1,410,600,000 · 2021
Lowest
1,242,190,000 · 1999
Average change
+0.5% a year on average
Data points
26
By year
All years · 1999 – 2024
| Year | China | Change | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,406,280,000 | −0.1% | 8.1B |
| 2023 | 1,407,670,000 | −0.1% | 8.1B |
| 2022 | 1,409,750,000 | −0.1% | 8B |
| 2021 | 1,410,600,000 | +0.0% | 7.9B |
| 2020 | 1,410,130,000 | +0.1% | 7.9B |
| 2019 | 1,408,050,000 | +0.4% | 7.8B |
| 2018 | 1,403,100,000 | +0.4% | 7.7B |
| 2017 | 1,397,790,000 | +0.6% | 7.6B |
| 2016 | 1,390,030,000 | +0.5% | 7.5B |
| 2015 | 1,383,260,000 | +0.5% | 7.4B |
| 2014 | 1,376,460,000 | +0.7% | 7.4B |
| 2013 | 1,367,260,000 | +0.6% | 7.3B |
| 2012 | 1,359,220,000 | +0.7% | 7.2B |
| 2011 | 1,349,160,000 | +0.6% | 7.1B |
| 2010 | 1,340,910,000 | +0.5% | 7B |
| 2009 | 1,334,500,000 | +0.5% | 6.9B |
| 2008 | 1,328,020,000 | +0.5% | 6.8B |
| 2007 | 1,321,290,000 | +0.5% | 6.7B |
| 2006 | 1,314,480,000 | +0.5% | 6.7B |
| 2005 | 1,307,560,000 | +1.3% | 6.6B |
| 2004 | 1,290,220,000 | +0.6% | 6.5B |
| 2003 | 1,281,900,000 | +0.7% | 6.4B |
| 2002 | 1,273,190,000 | +1.1% | 6.3B |
| 2001 | 1,259,950,000 | +0.0% | 6.2B |
| 2000 | 1,259,946,700 | +1.4% | 6.2B |
| 1999 | 1,242,190,000 | 6.1B |
Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1999 – 2024
Ranking · Countries
2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1.4B | |
| 2 | India | 1.3B | |
| 3 | United States | 332M | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 273M | |
| 5 | Brazil | 213M | |
| 6 | Mexico | 129M | |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 67M | |
| 8 | South Korea | 52M | |
| 9 | Colombia | 51M | |
| 10 | Argentina | 46M | |
| 11 | Canada | 38M | |
| 12 | Chile | 20M |
Source: OECD Regional Database, 2021
What it means
How many people live here — residents, not visitors.
How it is calculated
Official count or estimate of residents for each year: a census plus births, deaths and moves since then. Estimates are revised when a new census comes out.
People
China in numbers
Population growth
-0.17%
2025
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