Population of China

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	27 Feb 2026

China Population (LIVE)

1,413,946,355

PEOPLE

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As of March 02, 2026, China’s population is estimated at 1,413,946,575, based on linear interpolation between the most recent official reference dates in the United Nations population projections.

As of July 1, 2026, the population of China is projected at 1,412,914,089, or 1,413 million, or 1.41 billion, compared to 1,416,096,094, or 1,416 million, or 1.416 billion, on July 1, 2025.

China is the second-most populous country in Asia and the second-most populous country in the world.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

China population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	539,190,005	544,044,358	9,708,705	1.785	21.82
1951	548,898,710	553,758,247	9,719,074	1.755	21.83
1952	558,617,784	565,131,438	13,027,307	2.305	21.87
1953	571,645,091	577,557,138	11,824,094	2.047	21.93
1954	583,469,185	590,113,858	13,289,347	2.252	21.97
1955	596,758,532	603,547,007	13,576,951	2.250	22.03
1956	610,335,483	616,558,583	12,446,199	2.019	22.06
1957	622,781,682	630,356,208	15,149,053	2.403	22.10
1958	637,930,735	644,219,479	12,577,488	1.952	22.13
1959	650,508,223	652,708,217	4,399,988	0.674	22.01
1960	654,908,211	654,802,069	-212,285	-0.032	21.71
1961	654,695,926	655,773,486	2,155,120	0.329	21.40
1962	656,851,046	665,073,691	16,445,289	2.473	21.29
1963	673,296,335	684,552,645	22,512,621	3.289	21.44
1964	695,808,956	704,798,265	17,978,618	2.551	21.59
1965	713,787,574	723,415,733	19,256,318	2.662	21.69
1966	733,043,892	742,402,213	18,716,642	2.521	21.81
1967	751,760,534	761,026,026	18,530,984	2.435	21.91
1968	770,291,518	781,011,025	21,439,013	2.745	22.03
1969	791,730,531	802,140,332	20,819,602	2.596	22.16
1970	812,550,133	823,308,967	21,517,668	2.614	22.28
1971	834,067,801	844,069,867	20,004,132	2.370	22.39
1972	854,071,933	863,677,814	19,211,762	2.225	22.46
1973	873,283,695	882,576,946	18,586,502	2.106	22.51
1974	891,870,197	900,307,582	16,874,770	1.874	22.53
1975	908,744,967	916,116,793	14,743,652	1.609	22.50
1976	923,488,619	930,372,292	13,767,347	1.480	22.45
1977	937,255,966	943,546,375	12,580,817	1.333	22.37
1978	949,836,783	956,161,485	12,649,403	1.323	22.28
1979	962,486,186	969,288,069	13,603,767	1.404	22.19
1980	976,089,953	983,163,542	14,147,179	1.439	22.11
1981	990,237,132	997,721,071	14,967,879	1.500	22.03
1982	1,005,205,011	1,013,588,179	16,766,337	1.654	21.97
1983	1,021,971,348	1,029,064,956	14,187,216	1.379	21.91
1984	1,036,158,564	1,043,849,638	15,382,148	1.474	21.83
1985	1,051,540,712	1,059,807,820	16,534,217	1.560	21.77
1986	1,068,074,929	1,077,233,607	18,317,356	1.700	21.73
1987	1,086,392,285	1,096,217,446	19,650,322	1.793	21.71
1988	1,106,042,607	1,115,244,165	18,403,117	1.650	21.69
1989	1,124,445,724	1,133,991,008	19,090,568	1.684	21.66
1990	1,143,536,292	1,153,582,724	20,092,864	1.742	21.65
1991	1,163,629,156	1,170,788,528	14,318,744	1.223	21.61
1992	1,177,947,900	1,184,574,237	13,252,674	1.119	21.51
1993	1,191,200,574	1,197,308,575	12,216,002	1.020	21.41
1994	1,203,416,576	1,209,003,096	11,173,041	0.924	21.30
1995	1,214,589,617	1,220,133,927	11,088,621	0.909	21.19
1996	1,225,678,238	1,230,944,812	10,533,148	0.856	21.07
1997	1,236,211,386	1,241,139,622	9,856,472	0.794	20.95
1998	1,246,067,858	1,250,847,127	9,558,537	0.764	20.82
1999	1,255,626,395	1,260,176,655	9,100,520	0.722	20.70
2000	1,264,726,915	1,269,581,175	9,708,521	0.765	20.57
2001	1,274,435,436	1,278,725,063	8,579,253	0.671	20.44
2002	1,283,014,689	1,286,866,839	7,704,299	0.599	20.30
2003	1,290,718,988	1,294,517,326	7,596,676	0.587	20.16
2004	1,298,315,664	1,302,100,316	7,569,303	0.581	20.02
2005	1,305,884,967	1,310,027,136	8,284,337	0.632	19.89
2006	1,314,169,304	1,318,054,036	7,769,464	0.589	19.76
2007	1,321,938,768	1,325,813,582	7,749,627	0.585	19.62
2008	1,329,688,395	1,333,821,016	8,265,242	0.620	19.49
2009	1,337,953,637	1,342,522,716	9,138,158	0.681	19.36
2010	1,347,091,795	1,351,561,514	8,939,438	0.661	19.25
2011	1,356,031,233	1,360,250,664	8,438,863	0.620	19.13
2012	1,364,470,096	1,369,520,864	10,101,537	0.738	19.02
2013	1,374,571,633	1,379,008,040	8,872,815	0.643	18.91
2014	1,383,444,448	1,387,951,972	9,015,048	0.650	18.80
2015	1,392,459,496	1,396,134,174	7,349,355	0.526	18.69
2016	1,399,808,851	1,404,052,632	8,487,562	0.605	18.58
2017	1,408,296,413	1,412,354,727	8,116,628	0.575	18.47
2018	1,416,413,041	1,419,008,956	5,191,830	0.366	18.36
2019	1,421,604,871	1,423,520,357	3,830,973	0.269	18.22
2020	1,425,435,844	1,426,106,093	1,340,498	0.094	18.08
2021	1,426,776,342	1,426,437,267	-678,150	-0.048	17.93
2022	1,426,098,192	1,425,179,569	-1,837,246	-0.129	17.77
2023	1,424,260,946	1,422,584,933	-3,352,027	-0.236	17.58

China population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	1,420,908,919	1,419,321,278	-3,175,283	-0.224	17.39
2025	1,417,733,636	1,416,096,094	-3,275,084	-0.231	17.20
2026	1,414,458,552	1,412,914,089	-3,088,927	-0.219	17.02
2027	1,411,369,625	1,409,679,406	-3,380,438	-0.240	16.84
2028	1,407,989,187	1,406,136,744	-3,704,887	-0.263	16.67
2029	1,404,284,300	1,402,282,752	-4,003,095	-0.285	16.49
2030	1,400,281,205	1,398,153,832	-4,254,746	-0.304	16.32
2031	1,396,026,459	1,393,748,670	-4,555,579	-0.327	16.14
2032	1,391,470,880	1,389,060,032	-4,821,696	-0.347	15.97
2033	1,386,649,184	1,384,096,521	-5,105,326	-0.369	15.80
2034	1,381,543,858	1,378,876,934	-5,333,847	-0.387	15.63
2035	1,376,210,011	1,373,427,531	-5,564,960	-0.405	15.46
2036	1,370,645,051	1,367,742,785	-5,804,533	-0.424	15.29
2037	1,364,840,518	1,361,830,063	-6,020,909	-0.442	15.12
2038	1,358,819,609	1,355,722,707	-6,193,804	-0.457	14.96
2039	1,352,625,805	1,349,394,718	-6,462,175	-0.479	14.79
2040	1,346,163,630	1,342,816,657	-6,693,947	-0.499	14.63
2041	1,339,469,683	1,335,990,231	-6,958,903	-0.521	14.47
2042	1,332,510,780	1,328,909,238	-7,203,085	-0.542	14.31
2043	1,325,307,695	1,321,590,798	-7,433,795	-0.562	14.15
2044	1,317,873,900	1,314,015,987	-7,715,827	-0.587	13.99
2045	1,310,158,073	1,306,113,788	-8,088,571	-0.619	13.84
2046	1,302,069,502	1,297,817,582	-8,503,841	-0.655	13.68
2047	1,293,565,661	1,289,120,427	-8,890,469	-0.690	13.52
2048	1,284,675,192	1,279,992,585	-9,365,214	-0.732	13.36
2049	1,275,309,978	1,270,381,145	-9,857,666	-0.776	13.20
2050	1,265,452,312	1,260,289,093	-10,326,437	-0.819	13.04
2051	1,255,125,875	1,249,692,538	-10,866,674	-0.870	12.88
2052	1,244,259,201	1,238,557,132	-11,404,138	-0.921	12.71
2053	1,232,855,063	1,226,929,854	-11,850,417	-0.966	12.55
2054	1,221,004,646	1,214,853,346	-12,302,600	-1.013	12.38
2055	1,208,702,046	1,202,342,471	-12,719,150	-1.058	12.21
2056	1,195,982,896	1,189,440,669	-13,084,454	-1.100	12.04
2057	1,182,898,442	1,176,217,945	-13,360,993	-1.136	11.87
2058	1,169,537,449	1,162,722,708	-13,629,481	-1.172	11.70
2059	1,155,907,968	1,149,002,167	-13,811,601	-1.202	11.53
2060	1,142,096,367	1,135,127,191	-13,938,353	-1.228	11.36
2061	1,128,158,014	1,121,174,717	-13,966,595	-1.246	11.20
2062	1,114,191,419	1,107,207,133	-13,968,572	-1.262	11.03
2063	1,100,222,847	1,093,276,704	-13,892,287	-1.271	10.87
2064	1,086,330,560	1,079,407,882	-13,845,356	-1.283	10.71
2065	1,072,485,204	1,065,632,529	-13,705,349	-1.286	10.55
2066	1,058,779,855	1,051,989,135	-13,581,440	-1.291	10.39
2067	1,045,198,415	1,038,472,818	-13,451,194	-1.295	10.24
2068	1,031,747,221	1,025,103,452	-13,287,538	-1.296	10.09
2069	1,018,459,683	1,011,878,190	-13,162,986	-1.301	9.95
2070	1,005,296,697	998,784,319	-13,024,756	-1.304	9.80
2071	992,271,941	985,806,560	-12,930,762	-1.312	9.66
2072	979,341,179	972,905,671	-12,871,016	-1.323	9.52
2073	966,470,163	960,055,383	-12,829,560	-1.336	9.39
2074	953,640,603	947,249,417	-12,782,373	-1.349	9.25
2075	940,858,230	934,466,660	-12,783,139	-1.368	9.12
2076	928,075,091	921,677,630	-12,794,923	-1.388	8.98
2077	915,280,168	908,874,532	-12,811,273	-1.410	8.85
2078	902,468,895	896,043,789	-12,850,213	-1.434	8.72
2079	889,618,682	883,166,975	-12,903,413	-1.461	8.59
2080	876,715,269	870,252,344	-12,925,850	-1.485	8.46
2081	863,789,419	857,328,715	-12,921,409	-1.507	8.33
2082	850,868,010	844,439,196	-12,857,627	-1.523	8.21
2083	838,010,383	831,604,667	-12,811,431	-1.541	8.08
2084	825,198,952	818,815,356	-12,767,191	-1.559	7.96
2085	812,431,761	806,115,054	-12,633,414	-1.567	7.84
2086	799,798,347	793,559,254	-12,478,186	-1.572	7.71
2087	787,320,161	781,153,718	-12,332,887	-1.579	7.60
2088	774,987,274	768,899,132	-12,176,283	-1.584	7.48
2089	762,810,991	756,809,110	-12,003,761	-1.586	7.36
2090	750,807,230	744,902,836	-11,808,787	-1.585	7.25
2091	738,998,443	733,179,456	-11,637,973	-1.587	7.14
2092	727,360,470	721,612,750	-11,495,439	-1.593	7.03
2093	715,865,031	710,185,968	-11,358,126	-1.599	6.93
2094	704,506,905	698,893,770	-11,226,269	-1.606	6.82
2095	693,280,636	687,724,085	-11,113,102	-1.616	6.72
2096	682,167,534	676,660,877	-11,013,314	-1.628	6.62
2097	671,154,220	665,695,503	-10,917,433	-1.640	6.52
2098	660,236,787	654,825,389	-10,822,796	-1.653	6.42
2099	649,413,991	644,049,400	-10,729,181	-1.666	6.32
2100	638,684,810	633,368,113	-10,633,395	-1.679	6.22