Mapped: The Population of China and India in Perspective

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The Population of China and India in Perspective

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China and India, the world’s two most populous countries, each boast populations exceeding 1.4 billion people.

To put this into perspective, we visualized populations of China and India beside other leading countries and regions. All figures are for 2023, and were accessed via Worldometer.

Data and Key Takeaways

All of the data we used to create this graphic is listed in the table below.

Country / RegionPopulation (2023) 🌍 Africa1,460,481,772 🇮🇳 India1,428,627,663 🇨🇳 China1,425,671,352 🌎 Latin America & the Caribbean664,997,121 🇪🇺🇬🇧 EU plus UK516,659,018 🇺🇸 U.S.339,996,563 🇮🇩 Indonesia277,534,122

From these figures, we can see that the entire population of Africa (currently the fastest growing region in the world) barely surpasses that of China and India.

The populations of China and India are each more than double the size of Latin America and the Caribbean, and nearly triple that of the European Union (including the UK).

Fast Facts on Global Population

Here are some important figures to know regarding the world’s population:

China accounts for 17.7% of the world’s population, while India represents a slightly larger 17.8% share. Africa is the fastest growing region in the world, with annual growth of about 2.4%. Europe is the only region in the world that is shrinking, at about -0.17% annually. Learn More About Demographics from Visual Capitalist

If you enjoy graphics like these, be sure to check out Population Projections: The World’s 6 Largest Countries in 2075.

It reveals a startling contrast between the trajectories of China and India, with the latter peaking at 1.7 billion in the mid-2060s.

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