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This table lists the international rankings of China, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of China, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	5	20,602,000	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	101	50.30	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	1	687,845,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	45	17.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	1	230,996,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	1	249,400,000	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	65	95.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	1	1,305,738,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	3	$2,897,000,000,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	3	$2,465,000,000,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	61	-3.80	2016 est.
Central bank discount rate (%)	57	2.25	31 Dec 2014 est
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	95	4.40	31 Dec 2016 est.
Current account balance	3	$270,900,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	16	$983,500,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	27	46.9	2014 est.
Exports	2	$2,011,000,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	141	20.50	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	91	14.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	163	38.70	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	14	-17.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	8	42.30	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	29	1.50	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	87	8.60	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	24	40.70	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	137	50.70	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	3	$9,330,000,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	98	$15,400	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	1	$21,270,000,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	11	6.60	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	2	46.00	2016 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% (%)	60	30.00	2009
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	33	1.70	2009
Imports	3	$1,437,000,000,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	20	6.10	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	64	2.30	2016 est.
Labor force	1	805,900,000	2016 est.
Labor force - by occupation – agriculture (%)	44	33.60	2012 est.
Labor force - by occupation – industry (%)	17	30.30	2012 est.
Labor force - by occupation – services (%)	114	36.10	2012 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	2	$8,188,000,000,000	31 Dec 2015 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	123	6.10	2013
Public debt (% of GPD)	144	20.10	2016 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	1	$3,092,000,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of broad money	1	$22,890,000,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	11	$1,285,000,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	5	$1,458,000,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of domestic credit	1	$23,080,000,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	2	$6,802,000,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	108	21.6	2016 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	118	4.20	2016 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	1	8,687,000,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - exports	63	12,000	2014 est.
Crude Oil - imports	2	6,167,000	2014 est.
Crude Oil - production	4	4,278,000	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	13	25,000,000,000	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	1	5,523,000,000,000	2014
Electricity – exports (kWh)	11	18,160,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	69	67.3	2014 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	83	22.2	2014 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	30	1.5	2014 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	36	9.0	2014 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	29	6,750,000,000	2014
Electricity - installed generating capacity	1	1,505,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	1	5,388,000,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	4	181,100,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	35	2,613,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	5	60,300,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	7	123,500,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	10	4,945,000,000,000	1 Jan 2016 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	3	11,120,000	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	10	593,400	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	13	600,000	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	3	10,350,000	2013 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	18	14,500	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	1	8850	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	57	-154	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	2	629,380	2006
Land Area - sq km	4	9,326,410.00	NA
Land boundaries - km	1	22,457	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	52	54.70	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	88	11.30	2011 est.
Land use - forest (%)	117	22.30	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	106	23.00	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	67	1.60	2011 est.
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	28	41.80	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	10	1,840	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	80	147.27	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	4	9,596,960.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	5	2,840.00	2011
Water Area - sq km	6	270,550	NA
Military
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	38	1.99	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	3	108,172,771	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	3	126,732,020	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	172	17.10	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	3	85,135,228	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	3	97,126,460	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	149	13.27	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	2	325,836,319	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	2	339,183,101	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	11	48.42	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	2	73,859,424	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	2	75,376,730	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	73	10.87	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	2	74,205,210	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	2	67,914,015	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	78	10.35	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	120	12.40	2016 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	87	3.40	2010
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	3	84.60	2006
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	51	7.70	2016 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	63	13.00	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	93	7.70	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	160	36.60	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	143	23.50	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – rural	36	93	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – total	35	95.5	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – urban	25	97.5	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved – rural	93	7	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	86	4.5	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	66	2.5	2015 est.
Health expenditures	60	5.40	2012
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	90	0.10	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	11	780,000	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	36	3.80	2011
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	96	12.00	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	114	12.40	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	108	12.20	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	66	77.90	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	58	73.50	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	62	75.50	2016 est.
Literacy – female (%)	31	94.50	2015 est.
Literacy – male (%)	17	98.20	2015 est.
Literacy – total (%)	33	95.10	2010 est.
Maternal mortality rate	76	37	2010
Median age – female (years)	52	38.10	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	45	36.20	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	52	37.10	2016 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	59	-0.40	2016 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	121	5.70	2008
Physicians density	77	1.46	2010
Population	1	1,373,541,278	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	123	0.43	2016 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	90	63.7	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	75	36.3	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	85	76.5	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	74	23.5	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	65	86.6	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	82	13.4	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	8	14	2014
School life expectancy - male (years)	7	14	2014
School life expectancy - total (years)	7	14	2014
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1	1.17	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	9	1.14	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	22	1.04	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	20	1.02	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	20	0.92	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	2	1.15	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	13	1.06	2016 est
Suffrage	4	18.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	129	1.60	2016 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	49	3.05	2015
Urbanization - urban population (%)	104	55.6	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	14	507	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	6	463	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	59	44	2013
Heliports	6	47.00	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	3	2,030	NA
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	2	19,806,000,000	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	2	436,183,969	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	2	2,890	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	2	56	2015
Pipelines (km)	4	86,921	2013
Railways (km)	2	191,270	2014
Roadways - paved (km)	2	3,453,890	2011
Roadways - total (km)	5	4,106,387	2011
Roadways - unpaved (km)	3	652,497	2011
Waterways (km)	1	110,000	2011

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of China on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of China contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of China should be addressed to the CIA.

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