Country profile · East Asia & Pacific · UMC
🇨🇳 China
Upper middle income. Capital Beijing. Mid-pack GDP/cap (UMC · PEAK) across 46 World Bank / WHO / ILO measures.
- 1.4 billion
- Population
- $18.7 trillion
- GDP
- $13,303
- GDP / capita
- 78.0 years
- Life expectancy
Mid-pack GDP/cap · PEAK
China ranks 2nd of 217 by total GDP and 70th for life expectancy - a upper middle income economy in East Asia & Pacific.
- #2
- World GDP rank (of 217)
- $13,303
- GDP per capita
- #70
- Life-expectancy rank
- #2
- Population rank
China sits in the middle third of GDP/cap (#92 of 214) as a UMC economy with PEAK longevity.
China vs all countries by total GDP
Where this economy's World Bank total GDP sits among every country with a positive observation (inventory signal, not a virtue ranking)
$18,743,803,170,827 2nd of 214 higher than 212 of 214 countries
Countries banded by World Bank total GDP (current US$)
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Source World Bank, GDP (current US$) · 2026-08-14
China on the global income map
China (CHN) mid GDP/cap pack - GDP per capita × life expectancy vs largest peers; gold rings = OECD.
- China: GDP per capita $13,303 (2024), life expectancy 78.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- India: GDP per capita $2,695 (2024), life expectancy 72.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- United States: GDP per capita $84,534 (2024), life expectancy 78.9 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Indonesia: GDP per capita $4,925 (2024), life expectancy 71.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Pakistan: GDP per capita $1,479 (2024), life expectancy 67.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Nigeria: GDP per capita $1,084 (2024), life expectancy 54.6 years (2024), low income.
- Brazil: GDP per capita $10,311 (2024), life expectancy 76.0 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Bangladesh: GDP per capita $2,593 (2024), life expectancy 74.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Russian Federation: GDP per capita $14,889 (2024), life expectancy 73.4 years (2024), high income.
- Ethiopia: GDP per capita $1,134 (2024), life expectancy 67.6 years (2024), low income.
- Mexico: GDP per capita $14,186 (2024), life expectancy 75.3 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Japan: GDP per capita $32,487 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Egypt, Arab Rep.: GDP per capita $3,338 (2024), life expectancy 71.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Philippines: GDP per capita $3,985 (2024), life expectancy 69.9 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Congo, Dem. Rep.: GDP per capita $693 (2024), life expectancy 62.1 years (2024), low income.
- Viet Nam: GDP per capita $4,717 (2024), life expectancy 74.7 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Iran, Islamic Rep.: GDP per capita $5,190 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Turkiye: GDP per capita $15,893 (2024), life expectancy 77.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Germany: GDP per capita $56,104 (2024), life expectancy 80.8 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Thailand: GDP per capita $7,387 (2024), life expectancy 76.6 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- United Kingdom: GDP per capita $53,246 (2024), life expectancy 81.4 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Tanzania: GDP per capita $1,193 (2024), life expectancy 67.2 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- France: GDP per capita $46,103 (2024), life expectancy 83.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- South Africa: GDP per capita $6,267 (2024), life expectancy 66.3 years (2024), upper-middle income.
- Italy: GDP per capita $40,385 (2024), life expectancy 84.0 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Kenya: GDP per capita $2,133 (2024), life expectancy 63.8 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Myanmar: GDP per capita $1,359 (2024), life expectancy 67.1 years (2024), lower-middle income.
- Colombia: GDP per capita $7,951 (2024), life expectancy 77.9 years (2024), upper-middle income, OECD member.
- Korea, Rep.: GDP per capita $36,239 (2024), life expectancy 83.6 years (2024), high income, OECD member.
- Sudan: GDP per capita $985 (2024), life expectancy 66.5 years (2024), low income.
- Uganda: GDP per capita $1,078 (2024), life expectancy 68.5 years (2024), low income.
Overview
China has a population of 1.4 billion, making it the 2nd-most populous country out of 217 tracked in East Asia & Pacific.
Its economy totals $18.7 trillion - ranked 2nd globally by total GDP. GDP per capita stands at $13,303, placing it in the Upper middle income category.
Life expectancy at birth is 78.0 years (ranked 70th globally), reflecting overall health outcomes as measured by the World Bank.
The capital is Beijing.
👥 Demographics
💰 Economy
🏥 Health
📚 Education
🌍 Environment
🏗️ Infrastructure
⚖️ Social
💼 Labor & Wages
🌐 Livability Score
One composite verdict from 4 of 5 World Bank series (life expectancy, under-5 mortality, electricity access, clean-water access, homicide rate), each benchmarked against every country tracking that series. A missing series never silently drags the score down: its weight redistributes across the series China does report.
All indicators for China
46 latest observations from World Bank WDI, WHO GHO, and ILO ILOSTAT (vintage through 2026-08-14). Values match the topic cards above; this table is the machine-readable export view analysts expect on a country profile.
🫀 Disease Burden
Among external causes, China stamps a suicide rate of 56.3 per 100,000 (fleet midpoint 23.3) - higher relative to peers than its NCD strip. Summary metrics use 2021 data; cause-specific cards show their own observation year.
Non-communicable Diseases
Injuries & External Causes
Sources: WHO Global Health Observatory. NCD mortality rate: 2021. Rates are age-standardized per 100,000 population. Premature NCD risk covers cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease.
⛏️ Mineral Production
China is among the world's top producers of 18 minerals. View all minerals →
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024. Data year 2023.
Compare China with near GDP/cap peers
Side-by-side pages for the closest ABS GDP/cap neighbours - not a full-roster dropdown.
Read with China
Nearest GDP/cap peers and LE poles for China (UMC · PEAK), replacing the old fixed guide and region clone strip.
UMC PEAK
Montenegro · UMC
Montenegro GDP/cap $13,270 is lower by $33 than China; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
Maldives · UMC
Maldives GDP/cap $13,379 is higher by $76 than China; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
Serbia · UMC
Serbia GDP/cap $13,678 is higher by $375 than China; LE stamp LONG vs PEAK.
Argentina · UMC
Argentina GDP/cap $13,970 is higher by $667 than China; LE stamp PEAK vs PEAK.
East Asia & Pacific WDI roster
China stamps UMC · PEAK inside East Asia & Pacific - open the region roster after the ABS peers.
GDP/cap leaderboard (#92)
China ranks #92 of 214 on NY.GDP.PCAP.CD under the UMC Atlas band.
What the data says about China
China is classified as an upper-middle-income economy, a tier where statistical capacity, and therefore data completeness, varies more widely than in high-income countries, so a missing or older data point on this profile usually reflects reporting lag rather than an absence of the underlying activity. With a large population spread across a correspondingly large territory, national-level figures for China can mask enormous gaps between its wealthiest and poorest regions - more so than in a small, geographically compact economy. The trend across several years of an indicator usually tells a more useful story than any single year's value.
China sits in the middle third of GDP/cap (#92 of 214) as a UMC economy with PEAK longevity.
China holds 1.4 billion people and $18.7 trillion GDP (2nd) at $13,303 per person - mid GDP/cap band, UMC, LE 78.0 years (70th, PEAK). 46 WDI/WHO/ILO cells fill the topic blocks.
Nearest ABS GDP/cap peer: Montenegro at $13,270 (Δ $33). Open that profile or the GDP/cap leaderboard before treating any single year as destiny.
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Source: World Bank Open Data, Source: WHO Global Health Observatory, Source: ILO ILOSTAT. World Bank and ILO data licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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