China
Population 2026
1,412,914,090
Overview
- Yearly change
- -0.22%
- Density
- 150 per km²
- Land area
- 9,388,210 km²
- Capital
- Beijing
- Currency
- Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
- Official languages
- ZH-CN, YUE, WUU, DTA
- Urban population
- 66.3%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 8,625,2322026
- Deaths
- 11,482,0422026
- Birth rate
- 6.8per 1,000
- Death rate
- 7.8per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.01
- Life expectancy
- 78.0At birth, years
- Median age
- 40.6
- Net migration
- -268,126
Age distribution
- 0–1415.4%
- 15–6469.7%
- 65+14.9%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $19.5T
- GDP per capita
- $13.9K
- GDP growth
- +5.0%
- Inflation
- 0.1%
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
- Exports
- $4.1T
- Imports
- $3.3T
- Tourism receipts
- 4.6%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture6.7%
- Industry35.6%
- Manufacturing24.7%
- Services57.7%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture21.7%
- Industry31.8%
- Services46.5%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ShanghaiShanghai | 24,874,5002026 |
| 2 | ChongqingChongqing | 22,000,0002026 |
| 3 | ChengduSichuan | 20,937,7572026 |
| 4 | BeijingBeijing | 18,960,7442025 |
| 5 | GuangzhouGuangdong | 18,676,6052026 |
| 6 | ShenzhenGuangdong | 17,494,3982025 |
| 7 | TianjinTianjin | 13,866,0092026 |
| 8 | WuhanHubei | 13,739,0002026 |
| 9 | Xi’anShaanxi | 12,952,9072026 |
| 10 | HangzhouZhejiang | 11,936,0102026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,412,914,090 | 8.6M | 11.5M |
| 2020 | 1,426,106,093 | 11.8M | 10.4M |
| 2010 | 1,351,561,505 | 17.9M | 8.8M |
| 2000 | 1,269,581,174 | 17.6M | 7.8M |
| 1990 | 1,153,582,725 | 28.1M | 8.0M |
| 1980 | 983,163,540 | 21.7M | 7.5M |
| 1970 | 823,308,964 | 31.5M | 9.8M |
| 1960 | 654,802,068 | 19.3M | 19.5M |
| 1950 | 544,044,355 | 22.3M | 12.6M |