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🇨🇳 China vs 🇵🇭 Philippines

China has 1.29B more people — 1,406,585,000 against 116,786,962. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇨🇳 China
1,406,585,000
Asia · rank #2 · −0.17%
World Bank, 2025
🇵🇭 Philippines
116,786,962
Asia · rank #14 · +0.81%
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.
IndicatorChinaPhilippines
Population1,406,585,0002nd of 240116,786,96214th of 240
Annual Growth Rate−0.17%208th of 240+0.81%120th of 240
Population Density/km²150/km²82nd of 240385/km²34th of 240
Land Areakm²9,388,210 km²2nd of 240298,170 km²72nd of 240
Urban Population66.3%116th of 24055.8%156th of 240
GDP per Capita$13,862110th of 240$4,171172nd of 240
GDP Growth+5.0%54th of 210+4.4%67th of 210
Life Expectancyyears78.0 years83rd of 24069.9 years176th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.01 births per woman230th of 2401.89 births per woman119th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,0006.8 per 1,000202nd of 21315.9 per 1,00097th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0007.8 per 1,00087th of 2136.4 per 1,000141st of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births4.1 per 1,000 live births152nd of 19421.7 per 1,000 live births65th of 194
Unemployment Rate4.6%111th of 1862.2%166th of 186
Inflation Rate0.1%176th of 1911.7%136th of 191
Poverty Rate0.0%164th of 16415.5%121st of 164
Gini Index36.078th of 17039.354th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP5.9% of GDP106th of 1925.1% of GDP123rd of 192
Physiciansper 1,0003.11 per 1,00057th of 2060.79 per 1,000134th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0005.63 per 1,00024th of 1990.97 per 1,000161st of 199
Literacy Rate96.7%66th of 17598.5%44th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP3.9% of GDP112th of 2024.0% of GDP110th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary92.3% gross, secondary97th of 20785.3% gross, secondary129th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption15.2% of final consumption122nd of 21128.0% of final consumption84th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area24.0% of land area121st of 21124.5% of land area119th of 211
Internet Penetration91.6%51st of 21167.3%139th of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people131.8 per 100 people54th of 212115.3 per 100 people105th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births16 per 100,000 live births130th of 19384 per 100,000 live births71st of 193
Military Spendingof GDP1.71% of GDP83rd of 1631.32% of GDP100th of 163
Protected Areasof land area15.6% of land area119th of 21116.0% of land area117th of 211
Median Ageyears40.1 years61st of 24026.1 years164th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears9.0 years87th of 1489.4 years77th of 148
Human Development Index0.79777th of 1920.720116th of 192
Happiness Index/ 106.07/ 1067th of 1646.21/ 1058th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita8.66 tonnes per capita30th of 2121.51 tonnes per capita142nd of 212
Obesity Rate9.1%174th of 1989.7%171st of 198

Population, 1950–2100

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

ChinaPhilippines
0200M400M600M800M1B1.2B1.4B19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
China and Philippines population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
China1950544M
China1975916.1M
China20001.27B
China20251.42B
China20501.26B
China2075934.5M
China2100633.4M
Philippines195018.8M
Philippines197542.1M
Philippines200079.6M
Philippines2025116.8M
Philippines2050134.4M
Philippines2075131.1M
Philippines2100114.2M

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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