🇨🇳China

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Population

1.4B

0.2%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.01

births/woman

Life Expectancy

78.0y

GDP / capita

$13.9K

Pop. Growth

-0.17%

Net Migration

-268.1K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in China by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇭🇰Hong Kong SAR, China421.6K(30.2%)

+86%

🇲🇲Myanmar367.1K(26.3%)

12×

🇻🇳

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male716MTotal 1.4B690.5MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.5

per 100,000

Divorce rate

3.1

per 1,000 · 2019

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

90.0%

of households · 2019

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

Religious composition (2020)

Share of population by religion

Source: Pew Research / census

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇰🇷Korea, Rep.65.1K(4.7%)

−45%

🇺🇸United States60.4K(4.3%)

−13%

🇲🇴Macao SAR, China59.2K(4.2%)

+195%

🇯🇵Japan40.4K(2.9%)

−38%

🇨🇦Canada23.2K(1.7%)

+19%

🇦🇺Australia13.9K(1.0%)

+7%

🇬🇧United Kingdom13.6K(1.0%)

+11%

🇩🇪Germany12.3K(0.9%)

−13%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the China diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in China who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇭🇰Hong Kong SAR, China2.5M(21.8%)

+10%

🇺🇸United States2.5M(21.7%)

+55%

🇯🇵Japan809.9K(7.1%)

+20%

🇨🇦Canada772K(6.7%)

+24%

🇰🇷Korea, Rep.756.7K(6.6%)

+155%

🇦🇺Australia656.3K(5.7%)

+78%

🇸🇬Singapore533.7K(4.7%)

+11%

🇲🇴Macao SAR, China318K(2.8%)

+27%

🇮🇹Italy240.9K(2.1%)

+71%

🇧🇩Bangladesh219.3K(1.9%)

+37%

🇪🇸Spain198.9K(1.7%)

+26%

🇰🇿Kazakhstan196.4K(1.7%)

+44%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)

Unaffiliated52.0%
Folk religion22.0%
Buddhist18.0%
Christian5.0%
Muslim2.0%
Other1.0%