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China's Population Size

NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN NIGERIA (2021)

China's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 145.9 million in 2021.

China last conducted a national census in 2021 and 100% of births in China are recorded. Read more from the World Economics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how China compares to other countries around the world and in the Europe region.

China's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London


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China 1,444.2
India 1,393.4
United States 332.9
Indonesia 276.4
Pakistan 225.2
Brazil 214.0
Nigeria 211.4
Bangladesh 166.3
Russia 145.9
Mexico 130.3
Japan 126.1
Ethiopia 117.9
Philippines 111.0
Egypt 104.3
Vietnam 98.2
Congo, Dem. Rep 92.4
Turkey 85.0
Germany 83.9
Thailand 70.0
United Kingdom 68.2
France 65.4
Tanzania 61.5
Italy 60.4
South Africa 60.0
Kenya 55.0
Myanmar 54.8
Korea, Rep. 51.3
Colombia 51.3
Uganda 47.1
Spain 46.7
Argentina 45.6
Sudan 44.9
Algeria 44.6
Ukraine 43.5
Afghanistan 39.8
Canada 38.1
Poland 37.8
Morocco 37.3
Saudi Arabia 35.3
Uzbekistan 33.9
Angola 33.9
Peru 33.4
Malaysia 32.8
Mozambique 32.2
Ghana 31.7
Yemen, Rep. 30.5
Nepal 29.7
Madagascar 28.4
Cameroon 27.2
Cote d'Ivoire 27.1
Australia 25.8
Niger 25.1
Taiwan 23.9
Sri Lanka 21.5
Burkina Faso 21.5
Mali 20.9
Malawi 19.6
Chile 19.2
Romania 19.1
Kazakhstan 19.0
Zambia 18.9
Guatemala 18.2
Ecuador 17.9
Senegal 17.2
Netherlands 17.2
Cambodia 16.9
Chad 16.9
Zimbabwe 15.1
Guinea 13.5
Rwanda 13.3
Benin 12.5
Burundi 12.3
Tunisia 11.9
Bolivia 11.8
Belgium 11.6
Haiti 11.5
Dominican Republic 11.0
Czech Republic 10.7
Greece 10.4
Jordan 10.3
Azerbaijan 10.2
Portugal 10.2
Sweden 10.2
Honduras 10.1
United Arab Emirates 10.0
Tajikistan 9.7
Hungary 9.6
Belarus 9.4
Papua New Guinea 9.1
Austria 9.0
Israel 8.8
Switzerland 8.7
Serbia 8.7
Togo 8.5
Sierra Leone 8.1
Hong Kong 7.6
Laos 7.4
Paraguay 7.2
Libya 7.0
Bulgaria 6.9
Lebanon 6.8
Nicaragua 6.7
Kyrgyzstan 6.6
El Salvador 6.5
Turkmenistan 6.1
Singapore 5.9
Denmark 5.8
Congo, Rep. 5.7
Finland 5.5
Norway 5.5
Slovak Republic 5.5
Oman 5.2
Liberia 5.2
Costa Rica 5.1
Ireland 5.0
Central African Republic 4.9
New Zealand 4.9
Mauritania 4.8
Panama 4.4
Kuwait 4.3
Croatia 4.1
Moldova 4.0
Georgia 4.0
Uruguay 3.5
Mongolia 3.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.3
Jamaica 3.0
Armenia 3.0
Qatar 2.9
Albania 2.9
Lithuania 2.7
Namibia 2.6
Gambia 2.5
Botswana 2.4
Gabon 2.3
Lesotho 2.2
North Macedonia 2.1
Slovenia 2.1
Guinea-Bissau 2.0
Latvia 1.9
Bahrain 1.7
Trinidad and Tobago 1.4
Estonia 1.3
Mauritius 1.3
Cyprus 1.2
Eswatini 1.2
Comoros 0.9
Guyana 0.8
Bhutan 0.8
Luxembourg 0.6
Suriname 0.6
Cabo Verde 0.6
Malta 0.4
Brunei Darussalam 0.4
Bahamas, The 0.4
Iceland 0.3


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