Facts About China | Open Datamart

Contents

1 GDP of China
- 1.1 China GDP figures
- 1.2 China GDP graphs
2 Population of China

GDP of China

The gross domestic product (GDP) is one of the primary indicators of a country’s economic performance. It is calculated by either adding up everyone’s income during the period or by adding the value of all final goods and services produced in the country during the year.

China GDP figures

Click the “New Report” icon to run a report with GDP of China data (CDP, GDP growth rate, GDP per capita) since 1961 till 2013.

Data provided by World Bank. All data available for downloading. Use “View Mode” field inside the report to select preferable format.

China GDP graphs

Chinese GDP calculated basing on official exchange rates (in current USD) according to World Bank:

Per capita GDP is sometimes used as an indicator of standard of living as well, with higher per capita GDP being interpreted as having a higher standard of living.

Being on of the biggest economy in the world in 2013 China still had GDP per capita (in USD) lower than GDP per capita of Montenegro or Bulgaria. Relatively low China GDP per capita is explained by very big population of the country.

An increase in the capacity of an economy to produce goods and services, compared from one period of time to another. Economic growth can be measured in nominal terms, which include inflation, or in real terms, which are adjusted for inflation. For comparing one country’s economic growth to another, GDP or GNP per capita should be used as these take into account population differences between countries.

For a long time Chinese economy was on of the most rapidly growing economies in the world. Since the end of 1970th Chinese average yearly economic growth is nearly 10%:

United States and China now are the biggest economies in the world. It is expected that in 2015 or 2016 China economy will overtake the economy of United Satates and become the biggest economy in the world if calculate Gross domestic product based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) valuation of country GDP (see the report of International Monetary Fund). Since 2015 economy of China is the biggest economy in the world.

If we calculate GDP of China basing on official exchange rate (in current USD as World Bank do that) to compare US and China GDP, we get the following picture:

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Population of China

China Population figures: past and future

Click the “New Report” icon to run a report with Population of China data (population, population aged up to 14, population aged from 15 to 64) since 1961 till 2013 according to World Bank data.

Data provided by World Bank. All data available for downloading. Use “View Mode” field inside the report to select preferable format.

Click the “New Report” icon to run a report with Population of China (population, male population, female population) since 1950 till 2099 (China population forecast) according to UN Population Division Database.

Data provided by UN Population Division. All data available for downloading. Use “View Mode” field inside the report to select preferable format.

China Population graphs

According to medium scenario provided by United Nation Population Division Indian population will overtake China population somewhere around year 2025. Since this moment China will become a second country by population in the world. China will keep second place up to year 2100.

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China life expectancy at birth: figures

Average life expectancy defines the average amount of years a person may live, based on the year of his birth, his current age and other demographic factors if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The most commonly used indicator is life expectancy at birth – the expectancy of life for individual at age zero.

Life expectancy is one of the key factors which influence the country population dynamics.

Life expectancy at birth summarize mortality at all ages. On this reason it can both grow or decrease as far as a person becomes older depending on specific of each case.

Click the “New Report” icon to run a report with China Life expectancy at birth (both sex, male, female) since 1950 till 2013 according to UN Population Division Database.

Data is taken from UN Population Division Database. All data available for downloading. Use “View Mode” field inside the report to select preferable format.