People in China right nowestimate
1,412,168,591
Shrinking by about 8,460 people a day
- Born today
- 13,964
- Died today
- 18,589
- Growth this year
- -2,289,961
Born and died count from midnight in your time zone, growth from 1 January. All three are estimates.
How the count works
The UN gives the population of China on 1 January of each year, plus the births, deaths and migration it expects during the year. This page moves in a straight line from one 1 January to the next, so the number changes at the same pace all year. Born today and died today spread the year's births and deaths evenly over the seconds since midnight in your time zone.
It is an estimate, not a head count. Countries count their people in censuses and registers, and the UN builds these figures from those sources and from surveys.
Source: UN DESA, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant), licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Livecounts.nl turns the yearly figures into a per-second estimate; the UN has not reviewed this page.
Questions
What is the population of China right now?
About 1,412,168,591 people at 14:10 UTC, by the UN's World Population Prospects 2024 model. The counter at the top keeps moving by about 8,460 people a day.
Is the population of China growing?
No. For 2026 the UN expects about 8,625,200 births, 11,482,000 deaths and net migration of -232,100, so the population shrinks by about 3,088,900 people (-0.2%).
How many babies are born in China each day?
About 23,630 a day on average in 2026, while about 31,460 people die each day, by the UN's estimates.