China's population rose from 1.22B in 1996 to 1.41B in 2025.
China · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
China's population growth fell from 1.0 % in 1996 to -0.2 % in 2025.
China's population density rose from 126.9 in 1994 to 150.3 in 2023.
China's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.0 % in 1996 to 49.1 % in 2025.
China's urbanisation rose from 30.5 % in 1996 to 66.3 % in 2025.
China's urban population rose from 371M in 1996 to 933M in 2025.
China's rural population fell from 846M in 1996 to 473M in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +1.4 %210th of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +5.9 %206th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.4 %90th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.5 %33rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.5 yrs53rd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.6 pts174th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts27th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts68th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.7 pts191st of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts69th of 217
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- Net migrationup +15.9 %210th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts211th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +0.0 %18th of 175*
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs70th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.0 yrs70th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.0 yrs69th of 217