# Population in China

Population in China was 1.41 billion in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `cn`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/china
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/china.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=cn

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 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 |
| 2013 | 1,363,240,000 |
| 2012 | 1,354,190,000 |
| 2011 | 1,345,035,000 |
| 2010 | 1,337,705,000 |
| 2009 | 1,331,260,000 |
| 2008 | 1,324,655,000 |
| 2007 | 1,317,885,000 |
| 2006 | 1,311,020,000 |
| 2005 | 1,303,720,000 |
| 2004 | 1,296,075,000 |
| 2003 | 1,288,400,000 |
| 2002 | 1,280,400,000 |
| 2001 | 1,271,850,000 |
| 2000 | 1,262,645,000 |
| 1999 | 1,252,735,000 |
| 1998 | 1,241,935,000 |
| 1997 | 1,230,075,000 |
| 1996 | 1,217,550,000 |
| 1995 | 1,204,855,000 |
| 1994 | 1,191,835,000 |
| 1993 | 1,178,440,000 |
| 1992 | 1,164,970,000 |
| 1991 | 1,150,780,000 |
| 1990 | 1,135,185,000 |
| 1989 | 1,118,650,000 |
| 1988 | 1,101,630,000 |
| 1987 | 1,084,035,000 |
| 1986 | 1,066,790,000 |
| 1985 | 1,051,040,000 |
| 1984 | 1,036,825,000 |
| 1983 | 1,023,310,000 |
| 1982 | 1,008,630,000 |
| 1981 | 993,885,000 |
| 1980 | 981,235,000 |
| 1979 | 969,005,000 |
| 1978 | 956,165,000 |
| 1977 | 943,455,000 |
| 1976 | 930,685,000 |
| 1975 | 916,395,000 |
| 1974 | 900,350,000 |
| 1973 | 881,940,000 |
| 1972 | 862,030,000 |
| 1971 | 841,105,000 |
| 1970 | 818,315,000 |
| 1969 | 796,025,000 |
| 1968 | 774,510,000 |
| 1967 | 754,550,000 |
| 1966 | 735,400,000 |
| 1965 | 715,185,000 |
| 1964 | 698,355,000 |
| 1963 | 682,335,000 |
| 1962 | 665,770,000 |
| 1961 | 660,330,000 |
| 1960 | 667,070,000 |