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🇨🇳 China vs 🇪🇬 Egypt

China has 1.29B more people — 1,406,585,000 against 118,365,995. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇨🇳 China
1,406,585,000
Asia · rank #2 · −0.17%
World Bank, 2025
🇪🇬 Egypt
118,365,995
Africa · rank #13 · +1.56%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorChinaEgypt
Population1,406,585,0002nd of 240118,365,99513th of 240
Annual Growth Rate−0.17%208th of 240+1.56%73rd of 240
Population Density/km²150/km²82nd of 240115/km²101st of 240
Land Areakm²9,388,210 km²2nd of 240995,450 km²29th of 240
Urban Population66.3%116th of 24042.9%183rd of 240
GDP per Capita$13,862110th of 240$3,086185th of 240
GDP Growth+5.0%54th of 210+4.4%68th of 210
Life Expectancyyears78.0 years83rd of 24071.8 years160th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.01 births per woman230th of 2402.74 births per woman65th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,0006.8 per 1,000202nd of 21320.9 per 1,00068th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0007.8 per 1,00087th of 2135.5 per 1,000174th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births4.1 per 1,000 live births152nd of 19420.8 per 1,000 live births67th of 194
Unemployment Rate4.6%111th of 1866.8%65th of 186
Inflation Rate0.1%176th of 19114.1%16th of 191
Poverty Rate0.0%164th of 16433.5%46th of 164
Gini Index36.078th of 17028.5148th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP5.9% of GDP106th of 1924.9% of GDP128th of 192
Physiciansper 1,0003.11 per 1,00057th of 2060.67 per 1,000144th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0005.63 per 1,00024th of 1991.06 per 1,000151st of 199
Literacy Rate96.7%66th of 17579.5%125th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP3.9% of GDP112th of 2023.8% of GDP117th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary92.3% gross, secondary97th of 20784.8% gross, secondary131st of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption15.2% of final consumption122nd of 2116.1% of final consumption164th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area24.0% of land area121st of 2110.0% of land area205th of 211
Internet Penetration91.6%51st of 21174.6%122nd of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people131.8 per 100 people54th of 21297.1 per 100 people145th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births16 per 100,000 live births130th of 19317 per 100,000 live births127th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.71% of GDP83rd of 1630.67% of GDP144th of 163
Protected Areasof land area15.6% of land area119th of 21113.1% of land area138th of 211
Median Ageyears40.1 years61st of 24024.5 years174th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears9.0 years87th of 1488.0 years103rd of 148
Human Development Index0.79777th of 1920.75499th of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.07/ 1067th of 1643.86/ 10149th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita8.66 tonnes per capita30th of 2122.22 tonnes per capita127th of 212
Obesity Rate9.1%174th of 19842.8%14th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

ChinaEgypt
0200M400M600M800M1B1.2B1.4B19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
China and Egypt population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
China1950544M
China1975916.1M
China20001.27B
China20251.42B
China20501.26B
China2075934.5M
China2100633.4M
Egypt195021.1M
Egypt197538.9M
Egypt200073.1M
Egypt2025118.4M
Egypt2050161.6M
Egypt2075190.5M
Egypt2100201.9M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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