China — Population

millions · Annual · 1661–2030 · 235 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

The population reading for China was 1.40B people in 2025. The previous reading was 1.41B people in 2024; the period change was −0.22%.

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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
20301.39B people
20291.39B people
20281.40B people
20271.40B people
20261.40B people
15 earlier values
20251.40B people
20241.41B people
20231.41B people
20221.41B people
20211.41B people
20201.41B people
20191.40B people
20181.40B people
20171.40B people
20161.39B people
20151.38B people
20141.38B people
20131.37B people
20121.36B people
20111.35B people

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.