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🇨🇳 China

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3CHN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CN
UN M49 numeric156
IOC codeCHN
Official namePeople's Republic of China
Native name(s)zho: official: 中华人民共和国; common: 中国
Alt spellingsCN, Zhōngguó, Zhongguo, Zhonghua, People's Republic of China, 中华人民共和国, Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionEastern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalBeijing
Area (km²)9,706,961
Lat / Lng35.0000, 105.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)AFG, BTN, MMR, HKG, IND, KAZ, NPL, PRK, KGZ, LAO, MAC, MNG, PAK, RUS, TJK, VNM
Top-level domain.cn, .中国, .中國, .公司, .网络
Calling coderoot: +8; suffixes: 6

Demographics

Population (World Bank)1,406,585,000 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)78.017 (2024)
Languageszho: Chinese
Demonymseng: f: Chinese; m: Chinese; fra: f: Chinoise; m: Chinois
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)19,498,039,388,042.6 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)13,861.97 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)4.615 (2025)
CurrenciesCNY: name: Chinese yuan; symbol: ¥

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950544,044,358
1951553,758,247
1952565,131,438
1953577,557,138
1954590,113,858
1955603,547,007
1956616,558,583
1957630,356,208
1958644,219,479
1959652,708,217
1960654,802,069
1961655,773,486
1962665,073,691
1963684,552,645
1964704,798,265
1965723,415,733
1966742,402,213
1967761,026,026
1968781,011,025
1969802,140,332
1970823,308,967
1971844,069,867
1972863,677,814
1973882,576,946
1974900,307,582
1975916,116,793
1976930,372,292
1977943,546,375
1978956,161,485
1979969,288,069
1980983,163,542
1981997,721,071
19821,013,588,179
19831,029,064,956
19841,043,849,638
19851,059,807,820
19861,077,233,607
19871,096,217,446
19881,115,244,165
19891,133,991,008
19901,153,582,724
19911,170,788,528
19921,184,574,237
19931,197,308,575
19941,209,003,096
19951,220,133,927
19961,230,944,812
19971,241,139,622
19981,250,847,127
19991,260,176,655
20001,269,581,175
20011,278,725,063
20021,286,866,839
20031,294,517,326
20041,302,100,316
20051,310,027,136
20061,318,054,036
20071,325,813,582
20081,333,821,016
20091,342,522,716
20101,351,561,514
20111,360,250,664
20121,369,520,864
20131,379,008,040
20141,387,951,972
20151,396,134,174
20161,404,052,632
20171,412,354,727
20181,419,008,956
20191,423,520,357
20201,426,106,093
20211,426,437,267
20221,425,179,569
20231,422,584,933

Full raw record (JSON)

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