China Population 2023

The current population of China is estimated at 1,455,186,420 people as of May, 2023, according to the latest population growth rate and projections.
Population of China represent 18.36% of the total world population.
The population density of China is 145 inhabitants per km².
China is located in Asia.
China ranks number 1 in the list of countries ordered by population.
The latitudinal point of China is 35.9340° N. The longitudinal coordinate of the country is 103.4277° E.
The median age in China is 38.4 years.
Minimum Wages in China is 2320 CNY per month, as of August, 2021 (around $350 USD per month).
The countries that China shares its land boundary with are Mongolia to the north, Russia to the northeast, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, and Tajikistan to the northwest, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan to the west and southwest, Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar to the south, and Korea to the east.

China

Official name	People's Republic of China
Location	Asia
Capital	Beijing
Population	1,450,158,659 (as of June, 2022)
Population density	145/km²
Population growth rate	0.36% (in 2023)
Area	9,596,961 km² (3,705,405.84 sq mi)
Official language	Standard Chinese
Currency	Renminbi (CNY)
Life expectancy	77.25 years
Internet TLD	.cn
Call code	+852

China Population Graph

China Population History (1960-2020)

Year	Population	Male Population	Female Population	Male (%)	Female (%)	Urban Population	Urban (%)
2020	1,410,943,471	723,672,906	687,270,565	51.29%	48.71%	866,742,574	61.43%
2019	1,407,759,077	722,321,182	685,437,895	51.31%	48.69%	849,019,499	60.31%
2018	1,402,774,028	719,903,631	682,870,397	51.32%	48.68%	829,740,838	59.15%
2017	1,396,228,962	716,684,326	679,544,636	51.33%	48.67%	809,254,306	57.96%
2016	1,387,803,878	712,637,291	675,166,587	51.35%	48.65%	787,439,920	56.74%
2015	1,379,873,799	708,703,183	671,170,616	51.36%	48.64%	765,829,958	55.5%
2014	1,371,873,719	704,731,529	667,142,190	51.37%	48.63%	744,378,680	54.26%
2013	1,363,253,632	700,439,716	662,813,916	51.38%	48.62%	722,660,750	53.01%
2012	1,354,203,542	695,789,780	658,413,762	51.38%	48.62%	701,071,174	51.77%
2011	1,345,048,450	691,220,398	653,828,052	51.39%	48.61%	679,383,972	50.51%
2010	1,337,718,377	687,453,474	650,264,903	51.39%	48.61%	658,558,757	49.23%
2009	1,331,273,313	684,141,356	647,131,957	51.39%	48.61%	637,413,662	47.88%
2008	1,324,668,247	680,614,545	644,053,702	51.38%	48.62%	616,500,602	46.54%
2007	1,317,898,179	677,136,084	640,762,095	51.38%	48.62%	595,689,977	45.2%
2006	1,311,033,110	673,477,709	637,555,401	51.37%	48.63%	575,150,225	43.87%
2005	1,303,733,037	669,597,288	634,135,749	51.36%	48.64%	554,347,287	42.52%
2004	1,296,087,961	665,541,168	630,546,793	51.35%	48.65%	533,210,587	41.14%
2003	1,288,412,884	661,471,175	626,941,709	51.34%	48.66%	512,530,645	39.78%
2002	1,280,412,804	657,235,892	623,176,912	51.33%	48.67%	492,062,641	38.43%
2001	1,271,862,719	652,719,947	619,142,772	51.32%	48.68%	471,733,882	37.09%
2000	1,262,657,626	647,869,628	614,787,998	51.31%	48.69%	453,041,556	35.88%
1999	1,252,747,527	642,784,756	609,962,771	51.31%	48.69%	436,833,063	34.87%
1998	1,241,947,419	637,119,026	604,828,393	51.3%	48.7%	420,647,591	33.87%
1997	1,230,087,301	631,157,794	598,929,507	51.31%	48.69%	404,452,705	32.88%
1996	1,217,562,176	624,731,153	592,831,023	51.31%	48.69%	388,645,847	31.92%
1995	1,204,867,049	618,217,283	586,649,766	51.31%	48.69%	373,026,838	30.96%
1994	1,191,846,918	611,536,654	580,310,264	51.31%	48.69%	357,792,445	30.02%
1993	1,178,451,784	604,663,610	573,788,174	51.31%	48.69%	342,929,469	29.1%
1992	1,164,981,650	597,752,085	567,229,565	51.31%	48.69%	328,524,825	28.2%
1991	1,150,791,508	590,471,123	560,320,385	51.31%	48.69%	314,281,161	27.31%
1990	1,135,196,352	582,469,248	552,727,104	51.31%	48.69%	300,145,915	26.44%
1989	1,118,661,187	573,985,055	544,676,132	51.31%	48.69%	287,495,925	25.7%
1988	1,101,641,016	565,252,005	536,389,011	51.31%	48.69%	275,079,762	24.97%
1987	1,084,045,840	556,223,921	527,821,919	51.31%	48.69%	262,989,521	24.26%
1986	1,066,800,668	547,375,423	519,425,245	51.31%	48.69%	251,338,237	23.56%
1985	1,051,050,510	539,294,017	511,756,493	51.31%	48.69%	240,375,252	22.87%
1984	1,036,835,368	532,000,227	504,835,141	51.31%	48.69%	230,177,452	22.2%
1983	1,023,320,233	525,065,612	498,254,621	51.31%	48.69%	220,525,510	21.55%
1982	1,008,640,086	517,634,092	491,005,994	51.32%	48.68%	210,805,778	20.9%
1981	993,904,878	510,071,983	483,832,895	51.32%	48.68%	199,973,661	20.12%
1980	981,254,625	503,579,874	477,674,751	51.32%	48.68%	189,970,895	19.36%
1979	969,024,380	497,303,312	471,721,068	51.32%	48.68%	180,432,340	18.62%
1978	956,184,123	490,713,692	465,470,431	51.32%	48.68%	171,156,958	17.9%
1977	943,473,869	484,190,790	459,283,079	51.32%	48.68%	165,296,622	17.52%
1976	930,703,614	477,637,095	453,066,519	51.32%	48.68%	162,500,851	17.46%
1975	916,413,328	470,211,679	446,201,649	51.31%	48.69%	159,455,919	17.4%
1974	900,368,007	461,978,824	438,389,183	51.31%	48.69%	155,673,628	17.29%
1973	881,957,639	452,532,465	429,425,174	51.31%	48.69%	151,520,322	17.18%
1972	862,047,241	442,316,439	419,730,802	51.31%	48.69%	148,099,716	17.18%
1971	841,121,822	431,663,719	409,458,103	51.32%	48.68%	145,429,963	17.29%
1970	818,331,366	419,967,657	398,363,709	51.32%	48.68%	142,389,658	17.4%
1969	796,040,921	408,687,409	387,353,512	51.34%	48.66%	139,545,973	17.53%
1968	774,525,490	397,796,292	376,729,198	51.36%	48.64%	136,781,202	17.66%
1967	754,565,091	387,695,544	366,869,547	51.38%	48.62%	134,237,130	17.79%
1966	735,414,708	378,003,160	357,411,548	51.4%	48.6%	131,786,316	17.92%
1965	715,199,304	367,755,482	347,443,822	51.42%	48.58%	129,379,554	18.09%
1964	698,368,967	359,310,834	339,058,133	51.45%	48.55%	127,801,521	18.3%
1963	682,348,647	351,204,849	331,143,798	51.47%	48.53%	121,185,120	17.76%
1962	665,783,315	342,811,829	322,971,486	51.49%	48.51%	114,714,465	17.23%
1961	660,343,207	340,208,820	320,134,387	51.52%	48.48%	110,343,350	16.71%
1960	667,083,341	343,814,754	323,268,587	51.54%	48.46%	108,067,501	16.2%

Source: Worldbank Open Data | Some data could be adjusted by Pediaglobe.

Cities in China ordered by Population

The list offered below features the biggest cities of China. Besides, in the table you will find information regarding the population size in these cities. Cities are ordered by population (largest to smallest).

China

#	City	Population 2023
1	Shanghai	22,567,639
2	Beijing	19,123,806
3	Shenzhen	17,732,322
4	Guangzhou	16,333,346
5	Chengdu	13,704,041
6	Tianjin	11,265,541
7	Wuhan	10,486,227
8	Dongguan	9,748,071
9	Xi'an	9,735,360
10	Nanjing	9,445,091
11	Hangzhou	9,378,267
12	Foshan	9,196,232
13	Chongqing	7,524,717
14	Qingdao	7,292,948
15	Shenyang	7,136,010
16	Suzhou	6,818,307
17	Harbin	5,329,405
18	Hefei	5,133,830
19	Dalian	4,985,622
20	Xiamen	4,676,814
21	Wuxi	4,432,889
22	Jinan	4,404,498
23	Taiyuan	4,361,773
24	Zhengzhou	4,293,049
25	Changchun	4,233,746
26	Shijiazhuang	3,997,197
27	Zhongshan	3,906,032
28	Kunming	3,892,743
29	Shantou	3,890,725
30	Nanning	3,873,974
31	Fuzhou	3,788,620
32	Ningbo	3,771,127
33	Puyang	3,624,464
34	Shiyan	3,501,174
35	Tangshan	3,422,346
36	Changzhou	3,325,802
37	Zibo	3,160,207
38	Changsha	3,121,516
39	Guiyang	3,082,716
40	Urumqi	3,059,969
41	Lanzhou	3,029,700
42	Huizhou	2,928,824
43	Haikou	2,908,413
44	Linyi	2,782,257
45	Baoding	2,769,204
46	Wenzhou	2,682,595
47	Yunfu	2,646,766
48	Huai'an	2,535,912
49	Hohhot	2,389,480
50	Nanchang	2,382,832
51	Shaoxing	2,321,620
52	Nantong	2,301,061
53	Yantai	2,257,362
54	Zhuhai	2,241,521
55	Baotou	2,173,865
56	Kunshan	2,112,375
57	Zunyi	2,067,323
58	Weifang	2,061,402
59	Lianyungang	2,017,017
60	Ganzhou	2,003,550
61	Ordos	1,962,000
62	Jieyang	1,924,086
63	Jilin	1,905,690
64	Nanchong	1,880,996
65	Datong	1,872,755
66	Nanyang	1,839,352
67	Jiangmen	1,813,414
68	Jiangyin	1,801,047
69	Fuyang	1,798,488
70	Bayan Nur	1,782,528
71	Chaozhou	1,779,310
72	Qingyuan	1,765,370
73	Tai'an	1,763,539
74	Xining	1,703,509
75	Changshu	1,695,498
76	Huainan	1,693,829
77	Lu'an	1,667,036
78	Yancheng	1,635,429
79	Taizhou	1,624,465
80	Daqing	1,620,067
81	Wuhu	1,613,507
82	Dazhou	1,602,627
83	Yangzhou	1,598,495
84	Guilin	1,593,526
85	Zhaoqing	1,575,163
86	Mianyang	1,565,965
87	Putian	1,559,401
88	Shangqiu	1,550,834
89	Yiwu	1,505,382
90	Yinchuan	1,505,281
91	Quanzhou	1,481,939
92	Cixi	1,480,976
93	Jinhua	1,475,995
94	Changde	1,469,516
95	Anshan	1,467,835
96	Kaifeng	1,467,129
97	Baoji	1,458,650
98	Suqian	1,454,075
99	Liuzhou	1,451,971
100	Zhangjiagang	1,449,085
101	Jinjiang	1,439,801
102	Qujing	1,431,459
103	Bozhou	1,430,155
104	Zhanjiang	1,424,521
105	Fushun	1,414,372
106	Luoyang	1,408,798
107	Guankou	1,396,008
108	Handan	1,371,494
109	Yichang	1,370,807
110	Heze	1,365,302
111	Liupanshui	1,334,165
112	Maoming	1,330,035
113	Yangjiang	1,313,933
114	Luohe	1,313,363
115	Qinzhou	1,312,893
116	Xiangyang	1,312,730
117	Yixing	1,296,457
118	Xuchang	1,278,065
119	Zigong	1,275,063
120	Neijiang	1,269,486
121	Xuzhou	1,266,155
122	Yiyang	1,265,430
123	Jining	1,251,685
124	Liaocheng	1,242,066
125	Xinyang	1,241,481
126	Jinzhong	1,239,374
127	Tianshui	1,232,681
128	Changzhi	1,231,585
129	Weinan	1,211,043
130	Jiaxing	1,194,986
131	Jiujiang	1,181,965
132	Anyang	1,161,748
133	Bijie	1,147,164
134	Zhuzhou	1,146,971
135	Shangrao	1,134,238
136	Meishan	1,124,247
137	Huaibei	1,123,675
138	Guigang	1,103,056
139	Hengyang	1,087,884
140	Yulin	1,069,952

Other Countries from Asia Ranked by Population

Country Name	Population 2023	Population density
China	1,450,158,659	145/km²
India	1,383,820,649	417/km²
Indonesia	276,736,832	142/km²
Pakistan	231,611,059	243/km²
Bangladesh	167,903,853	1,108/km²
Japan	125,553,305	332/km²
Philippines	112,540,861	337/km²
Turkey	86,336,104	116/km²
Iran	85,971,815	49/km²
Thailand	70,176,879	136.1/km²
Myanmar	55,086,917	76/km²
South Korea	51,912,141	507/km²
Iraq	42,001,087	83/km²
Afghanistan	40,697,213	48.57/km²
Saudi Arabia	35,909,711	15/km²
Malaysia	33,170,971	98/km²
Nepal	30,151,786	180/km²
North Korea	25,807,433	213/km²
Taiwan	23,898,113	650/km²
Sri Lanka	21,815,213	337/km²