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.

Ranked: Countries Where Youth are the Most Unhappy, Relative to Older Generations

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Countries with the Biggest Happiness Gaps Between Generations

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“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” — Tom Bodett

Measuring happiness is tricky business, more so when taking into account how different regions, cultures, and faiths define it. Nevertheless, the World Happiness Report attempts to distill being happy into a single score out of 10, and then ranks countries by their average score.

We’ve visualized the high-level findings from the latest happiness report in this series of maps. However, the report also dives deeper into other significant trends in the data, such as a growing disparity in happiness between age groups within countries themselves.

In the chart above, we list countries by the biggest gaps in happiness ranks between young adults (30) and older adults (60+). A higher number indicates a larger gap, and that the youth are far unhappier than their older counterparts.

Where are Youth Unhappier than Older Adults?

Mauritius ranks first on this list, with a massive 57 place gap between older adult and youth happiness. The 1.26 million-inhabited island nation briefly reached high income status in 2020, but the pandemic hit hard, hurting its key tourism sector, and affecting jobs.

The country’s youth unemployment rate spiked to close to 25% that year, but has since been on the decline. Like residents on many similarly-populated islands, the younger demographic often moves abroad in search of more opportunities.

RankCountryYouth Happiness RankOlder Adult
Happiness RankHappiness Gap 1🇲🇺 Mauritius852857 2🇺🇸 U.S.621052 3🇨🇦 Canada58850 4🇺🇿 Uzbekistan712249 5🇨🇳 China793049 6🇯🇵 Japan733637 7🇲🇳 Mongolia865333 8🇩🇿 Algeria936231 9🇱🇾 Libya805030 10🇸🇬 Singapore542628 11🇰🇿 Kazakhstan694227 12🇵🇭 Philippines704327 13🇱🇦 Laos1047727 14🇩🇪 Germany472126 15🇪🇸 Spain552926 16🇲🇹 Malta573126 17🇧🇭 Bahrain775126 18🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan815526 19🇲🇷 Mauritania1199326