Demographics of China
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
Date | 09 May 2024 |
There are 726.55 million males and 698.62 million females in China. The percentage of the male population is 50.98%, compared to 49.02% of the female population. China has 27.93 million more males than females, the second highest in the world. The sex ratio in China in 2024 will be 103.998 males per 100 females. China is in the 204th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 543,979,233 | 1.76 |
1955 | 603,320,147 | 2.24 |
1960 | 654,170,692 | -0.04 |
1965 | 723,846,349 | 2.68 |
1970 | 822,534,450 | 2.61 |
1975 | 915,124,661 | 1.60 |
1980 | 982,372,466 | 1.47 |
1985 | 1,060,239,979 | 1.57 |
1990 | 1,153,704,252 | 1.72 |
1995 | 1,218,144,426 | 0.86 |
2000 | 1,264,099,069 | 0.71 |
2005 | 1,304,887,562 | 0.62 |
2010 | 1,348,191,368 | 0.67 |
2015 | 1,393,715,448 | 0.56 |
2020 | 1,424,929,781 | 0.13 |
2021 | 1,425,893,465 | 0.00 |
2022 | 1,425,887,337 | -0.01 |
2023 | 1,425,671,352 | -0.03 |
2024 | 1,425,178,782 | -0.04 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 12,627,719 | 22,350,731 | 23.192 | 41.049 |
1955 | 12,179,970 | 25,708,735 | 20.186 | 42.607 |
1960 | 19,613,435 | 19,490,632 | 29.992 | 29.804 |
1965 | 10,739,325 | 30,282,564 | 14.835 | 41.830 |
1970 | 9,920,086 | 31,541,150 | 12.058 | 38.337 |
1975 | 8,241,591 | 22,960,535 | 9.011 | 25.105 |
1980 | 7,440,841 | 21,891,113 | 7.573 | 22.279 |
1985 | 7,502,237 | 24,192,240 | 7.073 | 22.809 |
1990 | 8,037,908 | 28,202,492 | 6.964 | 24.436 |
1995 | 7,668,710 | 18,826,919 | 6.295 | 15.454 |
2000 | 7,867,292 | 17,394,901 | 6.221 | 13.755 |
2005 | 8,063,729 | 16,663,108 | 6.178 | 12.766 |
2010 | 8,737,983 | 17,941,969 | 6.481 | 13.308 |
2015 | 9,449,728 | 17,446,888 | 6.782 | 12.522 |
2020 | 10,346,232 | 12,243,398 | 7.265 | 8.597 |
2021 | 10,617,528 | 10,881,567 | 7.448 | 7.633 |
2022 | 10,522,510 | 10,757,794 | 7.379 | 7.544 |
2023 | 10,705,689 | 10,660,034 | 7.509 | 7.477 |
2024 | 10,895,447 | 10,577,046 | 7.644 | 7.421 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | ||
1950 | 65,436,582 | 488,982,693 | 11.803 |
1955 | 84,639,825 | 526,194,571 | 13.856 |
1960 | 106,561,743 | 551,124,400 | 16.203 |
1965 | 130,684,595 | 591,877,588 | 18.086 |
1970 | 143,513,192 | 681,275,265 | 17.400 |
1975 | 160,244,444 | 760,700,639 | 17.400 |
1980 | 192,392,094 | 801,485,216 | 19.358 |
1985 | 244,946,241 | 825,917,148 | 22.874 |
1990 | 310,022,147 | 862,423,053 | 26.442 |
1995 | 383,901,711 | 856,038,293 | 30.961 |
2000 | 460,377,048 | 822,821,922 | 35.877 |
2005 | 561,983,323 | 759,640,167 | 42.522 |
2010 | 669,353,557 | 690,401,545 | 49.226 |
2015 | 775,352,918 | 621,675,635 | 55.500 |
2020 | 875,075,919 | 549,472,347 | 61.428 |
2021 | 892,977,294 | 535,503,240 | 62.512 |
2022 | 910,080,750 | 521,768,901 | 63.560 |
2023 | 926,375,811 | 508,300,305 | 64.570 |
2024 | 941,865,672 | 495,129,422 | 65.544 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 29,918,891 | 26,817,193 | 56,736,084 | 3.98 | 111.566 |
05-09 | 45,517,499 | 39,875,243 | 85,392,742 | 5.99 | 114.150 |
10-14 | 48,463,752 | 41,664,751 | 90,128,503 | 6.32 | 116.318 |
15-19 | 45,115,818 | 38,478,552 | 83,594,370 | 5.87 | 117.249 |
20-24 | 42,666,238 | 36,530,585 | 79,196,823 | 5.56 | 116.796 |
25-29 | 44,740,791 | 38,945,325 | 83,686,116 | 5.87 | 114.881 |
30-34 | 55,973,054 | 50,235,518 | 106,208,573 | 7.45 | 111.421 |
35-39 | 61,256,090 | 56,680,399 | 117,936,488 | 8.28 | 108.073 |
40-44 | 52,154,649 | 49,412,255 | 101,566,904 | 7.13 | 105.550 |
45-49 | 47,859,658 | 46,070,020 | 93,929,678 | 6.59 | 103.885 |
50-54 | 60,367,284 | 59,228,497 | 119,595,781 | 8.39 | 101.923 |
55-59 | 57,122,468 | 57,492,557 | 114,615,025 | 8.04 | 99.356 |
60-64 | 41,312,245 | 42,778,266 | 84,090,511 | 5.90 | 96.573 |
65-69 | 35,334,065 | 38,674,186 | 74,008,250 | 5.19 | 91.363 |
70-74 | 28,454,002 | 33,664,660 | 62,118,662 | 4.36 | 84.522 |
75-79 | 16,153,373 | 19,898,308 | 36,051,681 | 2.53 | 81.180 |
80-84 | 8,703,738 | 11,963,461 | 20,667,200 | 1.45 | 72.753 |
85-89 | 4,101,749 | 6,849,029 | 10,950,779 | 0.77 | 59.888 |
90-94 | 1,188,671 | 2,742,193 | 3,930,863 | 0.28 | 43.347 |
95-99 | 145,131 | 569,095 | 714,226 | 0.05 | 25.502 |
100+ | 5,073 | 54,450 | 59,523 | 0.00 | 9.317 |
Total | 726,554,239 | 698,624,543 | 1,425,178,782 | 103.998 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio