Population, long-run history in China
- Latest
- 1,401,693
- Previous
- 1,402,537
- Change
- -843.94 (-0.1%)
- Reference period
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- Persons, thousands
Population, long-run history over time
Population, long-run history in China
Annual, Persons, thousands, Not seasonally adjusted
No data
Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 682,335 | |
| 698,355 | |
| 715,185 | |
| 735,400 | |
| 754,550 | |
| 774,510 | |
| 796,025 | |
| 818,315 | |
| 841,105 | |
| 862,030 | |
| 881,940 | |
| 900,350 | |
| 916,395 | |
| 930,685 | |
| 943,455 | |
| 956,165 | |
| 969,005 | |
| 981,235 | |
| 993,861 | |
| 1,000,281 | |
| 1,023,288 | |
| 1,036,825 | |
| 1,051,040 | |
| 1,066,790 | |
| 1,084,035 | |
| 1,101,630 | |
| 1,118,650 | |
| 1,135,185 | |
| 1,149,979 | |
| 1,163,363 | |
| 1,176,727 | |
| 1,189,962 | |
| 1,202,581 | |
| 1,215,171 | |
| 1,227,453 | |
| 1,238,722 | |
| 1,248,899 | |
| 1,258,401 | |
| 1,267,178 | |
| 1,275,379 | |
| 1,283,064 | |
| 1,290,620 | |
| 1,298,245 | |
| 1,305,116 | |
| 1,311,877 | |
| 1,318,559 | |
| 1,324,993 | |
| 1,331,357 | |
| 1,339,549 | |
| 1,349,537 | |
| 1,357,520 | |
| 1,366,654 | |
| 1,373,406 | |
| 1,382,401 | |
| 1,390,136 | |
| 1,395,398 | |
| 1,400,035 | |
| 1,402,060 | |
| 1,402,537 | |
| 1,401,693 |
About this indicator
Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)
Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.
Original sources of these estimates
GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics
China
- 1000-1661: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
- 1661–1933: Broadberry, S.N., Guan, Hanhui and David Daokui Li (2018), “China, Europe and the Great Divergence: a Study in Historical National Accounting, 980-1850”, Journal of Economic History, 78, 4, 955-1000
- 1661–1933: Xu, Y. Z. Shi, B. van Leeuwen, Y Ni, Z Zhang, and Y Ma, (2016) 'Chinese National Income, ca. 1661-1933', Australian Economic History Review 57(3), 368–393
- 1952–2008: Wu, Harry X. (2014), “China’s growth and productivity performance debate revisited – Accounting for China’s sources of growth with a new data set” The Conference Board Economics Program Working Paper Series EWP#14-01.