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Asia · Eastern Asia
China is recorded at 1.42bn people in 2024, with total annual change of -3,175,283 under the WPP medium variant.
China observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 8,822,056 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -11,678,348 |
| Natural change | -2,856,292 |
| Net migration | -318,992 |
| Total change | -3,175,283 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | -3,175,283 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -7,115,989 since 2021 |
| Projected 2100 | 633.37m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
China 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 236.00m, ages 15-64 982.93m, ages 65+ 203.66m.
China 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 125.32m, ages 15-64 745.29m, ages 65+ 389.68m.
China 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 49.63m, ages 15-64 293.48m, ages 65+ 290.26m.
Stage since 1960.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2015.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.42bn | -3,175,283 | 8.82m | 11.68m | 1.01 |
| 2030 | 1.40bn | -4,254,746 | 8.36m | 12.42m | 1.06 |
| 2050 | 1.26bn | -10,326,437 | 7.37m | 17.53m | 1.18 |
| 2080 | 870.25m | -12,925,850 | 4.49m | 17.30m | 1.29 |
| 2100 | 633.37m | -10,633,395 | 3.10m | 13.66m | 1.34 |