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China vs United States: Population

China
1.42 billion people
in 2023
United States
343.48 million people
in 2023
China rank
2nd
United States rank
3rd

Population over time

  • China
  • United States
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How they compare

China currently reports 1.42 billion people against 343.48 million people in United States, a difference of 1.08 billion people.

That makes China's figure about 4.1 times United States's.

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

China ranks 2nd and United States ranks 3rd of 238 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.