China vs India: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people

China
236.00 million people
in 2023
India
360.34 million people
in 2023
China rank
2nd
India rank
1st

Share of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

  • China
  • India
100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M195019862023

How they compare

India currently reports 360.34 million people against 236.00 million people in China, a difference of 124.34 million people.

That makes India's figure about 1.5 times China's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was China ahead.

China ranks 2nd and India ranks 1st of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-14.