China vs United States

This page compares China and United States across 50 key World Bank indicators, grouped by category. Pick any indicator below to see the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Health & Population

Indicator	China	United States	Detail
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	7.76	9.00	Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	6.77	10.60	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female	105.24M	28.70M	Compare →
Population, male (% of total population)	50.94	50.24	Compare →
Rural population (% of total population)	34.11	19.88	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)	111.02	146.89	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)	75.25	76.50	Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %)	0.43	1.04	Compare →
Population, male	717.75M	170.88M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total	976.80M	220.21M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)	21.15	27.69	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)	12.96	16.36	Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)	69.33	64.75	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male	93.04M	27.95M	Compare →
Urban population	928.44M	272.51M	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)	55.97	82.42	Compare →
Population, female (% of total population)	49.06	49.76	Compare →
Rural population	480.54M	67.60M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total	206.63M	60.98M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)	23.09	26.76	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)	70.28	65.96	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)	15.23	16.96	Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)	1.10	1.05	Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)	81.66	80.99	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)	80.97	81.40	Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	1.01	1.63	Compare →
Urban population (% of total population)	65.89	80.12	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total	225.55M	58.92M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)	16.43	19.51	Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)	90.38	88.44	Compare →
Population, total	$1.41B	340.11M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)	44.24	54.45	Compare →
Population growth (annual %)	-0.12	0.98	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)	68.34	63.52	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)	16.76	17.69	Compare →
Population, female	691.22M	169.23M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female	113.59M	33.02M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female	472.39M	107.50M	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	78.02	78.89	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male	120.30M	30.22M	Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)	5.20	12.41	Compare →
Net migration	-268,126.00	1.23M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male	504.40M	112.71M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)	14.67	17.93	Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)	16.01	17.32	Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population)	0.10	15.20	Compare →

Environment

Indicator	China	United States	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	150.26	36.82	Compare →

Agriculture

Indicator	China	United States	Detail
Surface area (sq. km)	9.56M	9.83M	Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)	42,639.94	127,287.53	Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)	0.46	1.40	Compare →

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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.