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Population, Total for China, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.41 billion
Population, Total · people · +110.9% since 1960
Population for China was 1.41 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.41 billion in 2021. The lowest was 660.33 million in 1961 (about 2.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.15% per year.
China ranks 2 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 1%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 1.42 million, so China sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.41 billion
First (1960)
667.07 million
Change
+110.9%
Highest
1.41 billion
in 2021
Lowest
660.33 million
in 1961
Average
1.12 billion
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.15%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | people |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,406,585,000 |
| 2024 | 1,408,975,000 |
| 2023 | 1,410,710,000 |
| 2022 | 1,412,175,000 |
| 2021 | 1,412,360,000 |
| 2020 | 1,411,100,000 |
| 2019 | 1,407,745,000 |
| 2018 | 1,402,760,000 |
| 2017 | 1,396,215,000 |
| 2016 | 1,387,790,000 |
| 2015 | 1,379,860,000 |
| 2014 | 1,371,860,000 |
Reading this correctly. Total population based on the de facto definition, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Figures are in people. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.