China: Population
Millions of people · 1661–2025 · 230 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop
- 2025
- 1.4 billionpeople
- Change on 2024
- −0.2%year on year
- Average growth, 2015–2025
- +0.1%a year
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Millions of people
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 1,385 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 1,390 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 1,390 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 1,400 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 1,400 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 1,400 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 1,403 | |
| 2024 | 1,406 | |
| 2023 | 1,410 | |
| 2022 | 1,412 | |
| 2021 | 1,413 | |
| 2020 | 1,412 | |
| 2019 | 1,400 | |
| 2018 | 1,395 | |
| 2017 | 1,400 | |
| 2016 | 1,392 |
Sources
- Xu et al.1661–1933
- Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
- Gapminder1800–2023
- Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
- Asian Historical Statistics1912–2010
- Maddison Project Database1929–2022
- National Bureau of Statistics of China1949–2023
- Penn World Table1952–2019
- WDI (archive)1960–1997
- World Development Indicators1960–2025
- Bordo1970–1997
- United Nations1970–2024
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
- OECD Economic Outlook1992–2025
- Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
- Asian Development Bank2000–2025
- Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
- IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
- OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →
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