China vs Indonesia: Population marimekko

China
1.42 billion
in 2023
Indonesia
281.19 million
in 2023
China rank
2nd
Indonesia rank
5th

Population marimekko over time

  • China
  • Indonesia
0500.0M1.0B1.5B100015112023

How they compare

China currently reports 1.42 billion against 281.19 million in Indonesia, a difference of 1.14 billion.

That makes China's figure about 5.1 times Indonesia's.

Across all 241 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 2nd and Indonesia ranks 5th of 239 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Indonesia Difference Ahead
1000s 36.59 million 3.75 million 32.84 million China
1100s 90.18 million 4.17 million 86.01 million China
1200s 103.06 million 4.58 million 98.48 million China
1300s 79.97 million 5.00 million 74.97 million China
1400s 71.25 million 6.38 million 64.88 million China
1500s 91.26 million 7.75 million 83.51 million China
1600s 98.05 million 8.50 million 89.55 million China
1700s 99.43 million 9.50 million 89.93 million China
1710s 104.05 million 9.60 million 94.45 million China
1720s 119.50 million 9.70 million 109.80 million China
1730s 127.05 million 9.80 million 117.25 million China
1740s 142.98 million 9.90 million 133.08 million China
1750s 178.33 million 10.00 million 168.33 million China
1760s 197.05 million 10.50 million 186.55 million China
1770s 220.13 million 11.00 million 209.13 million China
1780s 275.68 million 11.50 million 264.18 million China
1790s 298.73 million 12.00 million 286.73 million China
1800s 337.01 million 16.30 million 320.71 million China
1810s 361.46 million 16.81 million 344.65 million China
1820s 393.32 million 17.74 million 375.58 million China
1830s 410.14 million 19.17 million 390.97 million China
1840s 411.90 million 20.88 million 391.03 million China
1850s 395.39 million 22.94 million 372.45 million China
1860s 367.43 million 25.48 million 341.95 million China
1870s 360.85 million 28.46 million 332.39 million China
1880s 370.70 million 31.69 million 339.01 million China
1890s 385.36 million 35.65 million 349.71 million China
1900s 405.63 million 40.31 million 365.32 million China
1910s 438.78 million 44.80 million 393.97 million China
1920s 472.62 million 49.97 million 422.65 million China
1930s 495.30 million 57.07 million 438.23 million China
1940s 523.96 million 64.96 million 459.00 million China
1950s 597.80 million 76.73 million 521.07 million China
1960s 717.50 million 100.10 million 617.40 million China
1970s 902.94 million 130.33 million 772.61 million China
1980s 1.05 billion 164.79 million 890.20 million China
1990s 1.21 billion 198.27 million 1.01 billion China
2000s 1.31 billion 229.55 million 1.08 billion China
2010s 1.39 billion 259.94 million 1.13 billion China
2020s 1.43 billion 277.90 million 1.15 billion China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population marimekko, China or Indonesia?
China, at 1.42 billion against 281.19 million in Indonesia as of 2023.
What is the difference in population marimekko between China and Indonesia?
1.14 billion, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Indonesia?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do China and Indonesia rank globally for population marimekko?
China ranks 2nd and Indonesia ranks 5th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Population marimekko. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

China vs Indonesia: Population marimekko. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 11 November 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/population-marimekko/china/indonesia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/population-marimekko/china/indonesia/">China vs Indonesia: Population marimekko</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Population marimekko
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed