Country
China
- Region
- East Asia & Pacific
- Income group
- upper middle income
- Capital
- Beijing
- ISO code
- CN · CHN
73 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 1.4B
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 25,067 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 78.0 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 9.3 t CO₂
Population
- Population 1.4B 2025 2nd of 214
- Population density 150 people/km² 2024 73rd of 212
- Population growth -0.17 % per year 2025 186th of 214
- Natural increase -2.0 per 1,000 people 2023 192nd of 228
- Net migration -0.2 per 1,000 people 2025 99th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.01 births per woman 2024 207th of 214
- Urban population 66.3 % 2025 100th of 214
- Median age 39.1 years 2023 60th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 14.9 % 2025 66th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 21.4 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 67th of 214
- Children under 15 15.4 % 2025 172nd of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 78.0 years 2024 68th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 81.0 years 2024 68th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 75.2 years 2024 67th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 5.7 years 2024 70th of 214
- Infant mortality 4.1 per 1,000 births 2024 153rd of 195
- Under-5 mortality 5.7 per 1,000 births 2024 148th of 195
- Maternal mortality 16 per 100,000 births 2023 130th of 193
- Health spending per person 763 USD 2023 70th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 1,487 $ (PPP) 2023 74th of 191
- Physicians 3.11 per 1,000 people 2022 56th of 179
- Hospital beds 5.6 per 1,000 people 2023 20th of 150
- Measles immunization 95 % 2024 59th of 191
- Undernourishment 2.5 % 2024 102nd of 165
- Tobacco use 22.8 % 2024 61st of 165
- Calorie supply 3,527 kcal per day 2023 21st of 175
- Meat supply 73.5 kg per person per year 2023 53rd of 175
Economy
- GDP 19.5T USD 2025 2nd of 185
- GDP per capita 13,862 USD 2025 72nd of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 25,067 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 71st of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 19,238 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 61st of 165
- GDP growth 5.0 % 2025 47th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 5.1 % 2025 24th of 185
- Inflation 0.1 % 2025 157th of 169
- Unemployment 4.6 % 2025 106th of 181
- Youth unemployment 15.8 % 2025 69th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 12.7 % 2000 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Trade 38 % of GDP 2024 159th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 36.0 2022 65th of 151
- Extreme poverty 0.0 % 2022 138th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 6.8 % of GDP 2024 91st of 187
- Women in the labour force 59.1 % 2025 53rd of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.797 2023 78th of 192
- Literacy rate 96.7 % 2020 36th of 122
- Education spending 3.9 % of GDP 2023 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Secondary school enrolment 92 % 2012 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 75 % 2023 38th of 127
- Primary completion rate 103 % 2010 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 26.5 % 2025 91st of 183
- Homicide rate 0.5 per 100,000 people 2020 118th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 13,125.0 Mt CO₂ 2024 1st of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 9.3 t CO₂ 2024 21st of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 8.66 t CO₂ 2024 30th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 285.1 Gt CO₂ 2024 2nd of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 11.0 t CO₂e 2024 28th of 201
- Forest area 24.0 % of land 2024 120th of 208
- Water stress 42 % 2022 42nd of 176
- Arable land 11.6 % of land 2024 87th of 205
- Renewable energy 15.2 % of final energy 2021 122nd of 210
- Renewable electricity 33.2 % of electricity 2024 92nd of 193
- Nuclear electricity 4.5 % of electricity 2024 24th of 193
- Electricity from coal 58.2 % of electricity 2024 13th of 193
- Electricity from wind 9.9 % of electricity 2024 33rd of 193
- Electricity from solar 8.4 % of electricity 2024 52nd of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 559 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 67th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 7,115 kWh 2024 31st of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 32.0 µg/m³ 2023 43rd of 199
China on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldChinese · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldChinese yuan (renminbi) (CNY)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+6 … UTC+8 · 2 time zonesSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType A, C, I · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world7 national dishes
- Plants of the world15 characteristic plants
- Castles map8 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Volcano & earthquake map10 volcanoesSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- Ghost map1 ghost story
- UFO sightings map3 UFO sightings and unexplained cases
- VPN provider mapServers of 6 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)