China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. It is the world's second-most populous country with a population exceeding 1.4 billion. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, tied with Russia as having the most of any country in the world.
China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 2% larger than China. Meanwhile, the population of China is ~1.4 billion people (1.1 billion fewer people live in United States).
China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 80.66% the size of China. Meanwhile, the population of China is ~1.4 billion people (1.4 billion fewer people live in Australia). We have positioned the outline of China near the middle of Australia.
China is a country in East Asia. The land has a total area of 9,562,910 km² (four million mi²) and a total coastline of 14,500 km (9,009.9 mi). This land area is only slightly smaller than the United States. China is thus the largest country in Asia and the fourth largest country in the world.
The largest country in the world is Russia with a total area of 17,098,242 Km² (6,601,665 mi²) and a land area of 16,376,870 Km² (6,323,142 mi²), equivalent to 11% of the total world's landmass of 148,940,000 Km² (57,510,000 square miles). See also: Most Populous Countries.
United States is about 1.3 times bigger than Australia.
Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 27% larger than Australia. Meanwhile, the population of Australia is ~26.1 million people (311.2 million more people live in United States).
Australia is about 2.2 times smaller than Russia.
Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 45.27% the size of Russia.
China population is equivalent to 17.72% of the total world population. China ranks number 2 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. The population density in China is 152 per Km2 (393 people per mi2). The median age in China is 39.0 years.
Australia has a GDP per capita of $48,700 as of 2020, while in China, the GDP per capita is $16,400 as of 2020.
There are now some 1.4 million people with Chinese ancestry living in Australia, comprising 5.5% of the population. 1 According to the 2021 census, of Australia's top five ancestries, the only group to have grown since the last census in 2016 was Australians with Chinese ancestry.
Australia is China's sixth largest trading partner; it is China's fifth biggest supplier of imports and its tenth biggest customer for exports. Twenty-five per cent of Australia's manufactured imports come from China; 13% of its exports are thermal coal to China. A two-way investment relationship is also developing.
China's population growth rate surpassed the world average from 1949 to the late 1970s. Under Mao's leadership, the government promoted pro-natal policies and remunerated families not according to their productivity but by the number of workers.
The United States and China are the two largest economies globally in both Nominal and PPP methods. US is at the top in nominal, whereas China is at the top in PPP since 2017 after overtaking the US.
Population, female (% of total population) in China was reported at 48.97 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources.
Country statistics
There are over 50 million overseas Chinese. Most of them are living in Southeast Asia where they make up a majority of the population of Singapore (75%) and significant minority populations in Malaysia (22.8%), Thailand (14%) and Brunei (10%).
As of 2020, China has succeeded in eradicating absolute poverty, but not the poverty defined for upper middle-income countries which China belongs to. China still has around 13% of its population falling below this poverty line of $5.50 per day in 2020.
The IMF compiles a measure of the 'purchasing power' of the incomes of the world's nations to account for this difference. This shows that Russia's economy is equivalent to US$4.4 trillion while Australia's measure is unchanged at US$1.4 trillion.
Australia is the planet's sixth largest country after Russia, Canada, China, the USA, and Brazil. At 7 692 024 km2, it accounts for just five percent of the world's land area of 149 450 000 km2, and although it is the smallest continental land mass, it is the world's largest island.
Many people don't realize that Australia is really large, in-fact its about the same size as continental USA.
Australians collected a higher median wealth per adult than anywhere else in the world at $US273,900 ($A390,870) – nearly three times the median wealth of $US93,270 ($A133,100) in the US. Australia was followed on the rich list by Belgium and New Zealand, with the US trailing behind at number 18.
Australia is one of the countries with the highest standards of living and wages. They are know for one of the highest qualities of life and pay is significantly higher in the same industry. This translates to why there are many Americans, as they are here to accept new jobs.