China
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 1.4B (2025). World rank 2 of 216; in Asia, 2 of 49. Area: 9,706,961 km². World rank 4 of 249; in Asia, 1 of 50. GDP: $19.5T (2025). World rank 2 of 210; in Asia, 1 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: GDP $11.3T → $19.5T and GDP per person $8,175 → $13,862.
State
- Official name
- People's Republic of China
- Local name
- 中国
- Capital
- Beijing
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Communist party-led state
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Xi Jinping
- Head of government
- Li Qiang
- Women in parliament
- 26.5% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 1,406,585,000 2025
- Area
- 9,706,961 km²
- GDP
- $19.5T 2025
- GDP per person
- $13,862 2025
- Life expectancy
- 78 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Chinese
- Currency
- Chinese Yuan (CNY)
- Time zones
- UTC+6, UTC+8
- Calling code
- +86
- Emergency numbers
- 110, 119, 120
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, C, I
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 14,500
- Neighbours
- Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Hong Kong, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam
- Agricultural land
- 41.7% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Everest, 8,849 m
- Lowest point
- Ayding Lake, -154 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,840
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 12
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 27°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -5°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 645 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 144.9 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- -0.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 66.3% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -268.1K 2025
- Born in another country
- 0.1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 15.4% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 69.7% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 14.9% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 81 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 75.3 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 6.8 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 7.8 2024
Society
- Religions
- no religion 52.1%, folk religions 21.9%, Buddhist 18.2%, Christian 5.1%, and Muslim 1.8% (2021)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 51.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 49.5 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 65.1 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 53.6 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 26.1 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $29,333 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $14,230 2025
- Inflation
- +0.1% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 47 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 6.7% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 35.6% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 57.7% 2025
- Unemployment
- 4.6% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 15.8% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 59.2% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 21.1% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 16.9% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +3.8% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.4% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 7% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 36 2022
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0% 2022
Education
- Adult literacy
- 96.7% 2020
- Primary school enrolment
- 99.6% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 92.3% 2012
- Higher education enrolment
- 76.9% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.9% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 5.9% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $763 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 32.2% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.1 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 3.7 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 5.6 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 95% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 4.1 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 5.7 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 16 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 11.9% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 37.5% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 22.8% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 96.1% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 97.3% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 90% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.5 2020
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 17.4 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 9 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 66 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, floods, and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 32 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 9.3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 11 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 24% 2024
- Protected areas
- 14.7% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 1,992 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 41.5% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 91.6% 2025
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 132 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 47.2 2024
- Internet domain
- .cn .中国 .中國 .公司 .网络
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 7,038 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 15.2% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 28.4% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 61.6% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 619,215,886 2023
- Airports
- 552 2025
- Railways, km
- 150,000 2021
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 2.6% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 2,107 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 932,712 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1,672,001 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 26.3% 2024