China Population

Live population as of 21 May 2024, updated in real time:

1,433,460,032

Historical and Future Population

Caveats and explanations

Year	Population
1950	545,115,237
1951	554,843,982
1952	565,789,969
1953	578,568,900
1954	591,022,504
1955	604,491,768
1956	617,719,431
1957	631,179,008
1958	645,396,190
1959	654,978,507
1960	657,606,013
1961	658,490,262
1962	666,133,433
1963	684,901,595
1964	706,209,520
1965	725,502,922
1966	744,774,643
1967	763,143,275
1968	781,948,751
1969	803,298,608
1970	824,337,201
1971	845,368,509
1972	865,073,252
1973	884,081,699
1974	902,092,774
1975	918,239,880
1976	932,613,120
1977	946,132,840
1978	958,768,109
1979	971,884,723
1980	985,959,984
1981	1,000,887,152
1982	1,016,956,952
1983	1,033,210,030
1984	1,048,028,137
1985	1,064,098,912
1986	1,081,502,646
1987	1,100,522,086
1988	1,119,838,001
1989	1,138,439,800
1990	1,157,616,503
1991	1,175,452,476
1992	1,188,819,887
1993	1,201,043,764
1994	1,212,608,873
1995	1,223,622,031
1996	1,233,934,934
1997	1,243,633,360
1998	1,252,820,559
1999	1,261,585,625
2000	1,270,226,291
2001	1,279,070,908
2002	1,287,334,274
2003	1,295,362,726
2004	1,303,296,717
2005	1,311,424,560
2006	1,319,627,766
2007	1,328,080,781
2008	1,336,754,654
2009	1,345,744,047
2010	1,354,887,999
2011	1,363,878,264
2012	1,373,199,783
2013	1,383,016,613
2014	1,392,110,430
2015	1,400,891,756
2016	1,408,979,157
2017	1,417,438,471
2018	1,424,654,905
2019	1,429,549,794
2020	1,432,924,941
2021	1,434,102,904
2022	1,434,080,395
2023	1,433,906,976
2024	1,433,460,032
2025	1,432,711,946
2026	1,431,630,769
2027	1,430,226,707
2028	1,428,508,315
2029	1,426,470,294
2030	1,424,135,273
2031	1,421,505,033
2032	1,418,604,124
2033	1,415,417,022
2034	1,411,950,436
2035	1,408,196,783
2036	1,404,218,511
2037	1,400,004,663
2038	1,395,621,874
2039	1,391,044,894
2040	1,386,251,804
2041	1,381,207,167
2042	1,375,953,351
2043	1,370,437,519
2044	1,364,628,062
2045	1,358,476,913
2046	1,351,943,210
2047	1,345,013,962
2048	1,337,662,202
2049	1,329,797,146
2050	1,321,449,903
2051	1,312,593,943
2052	1,303,252,339
2053	1,293,400,049
2054	1,283,113,672
2055	1,272,386,936
2056	1,261,268,579
2057	1,249,739,108
2058	1,237,960,493
2059	1,225,969,641
2060	1,213,823,360
2061	1,201,532,113
2062	1,189,235,583
2063	1,176,941,592
2064	1,164,741,091
2065	1,152,559,211
2066	1,140,500,299
2067	1,128,564,389
2068	1,116,776,219
2069	1,105,044,542
2070	1,093,484,049
2071	1,082,039,005
2072	1,070,716,457
2073	1,059,410,240
2074	1,048,168,912
2075	1,036,966,564
2076	1,025,771,844
2077	1,014,506,351
2078	1,003,241,592
2079	991,946,522
2080	980,653,871
2081	969,291,622
2082	957,970,287
2083	946,689,224
2084	935,478,944
2085	924,300,703
2086	913,262,383
2087	902,353,317
2088	891,608,540
2089	880,983,515
2090	870,557,737
2091	860,304,480
2092	850,234,405
2093	840,269,637
2094	830,448,425
2095	820,752,861
2096	811,177,264
2097	801,646,047
2098	792,217,203
2099	782,867,411
2100	773,596,951

Caveats and explanations

All data is based on the 2022 edition of the UN World Population prospects.
Table data shows population as of January 1st of that year.
Historical records are based on the current territory of the country. For example, the population of Germany in 1970 includes both East Germany and West Germany.
Years after 2021 are projections based on the UN's "medium fertility" scenario.
Country population includes all overseas territories and autonomous regions. For example, population for the United States includes Puerto Rico.
Morocco includes Western Sahara.
Population for Israel does NOT include Palestine.