Country comparison
United States vs China
China has 4.1× the population of United States. United States has 6.5× the GDP per capita of China. United States has 8.5× as many castles and palaces as China.
Side by side
| United States | Category | China |
|---|---|---|
| 9,831,510 km² more | Area (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 9,562,910 km² |
| 342 million | Population (2025) China: 4.1× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.41 billion more |
| 37 people/km² | Population density (2024) China: 4× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 150 people/km² |
| US$ 90,027 more | GDP per capita (2025) United States: 6.5× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | US$ 13,862 |
| 78.9 years more | Life expectancy (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 78 years |
| 95% more | Internet users (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 92% |
| 38 years | Median age (2023) Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 39.1 years |
| 1.63 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) United States: 1.6× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.01 births per woman |
| 13.6 t | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) United States: 1.5× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 9.3 t less |
| 68 more | Castles, fortresses and palaces United States: 8.5× more Wikidata (CC0 1.0) | 8 |
| 72 | Ghost stories United States: 72× more | 1 |
| 67 | UFO cases United States: 22× more | 3 |
| 43 | VPN providers with servers in the country United States: 7.2× more VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | 6 |
| English | Official languages Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | Chinese |
| US dollar (USD) | Currency ISO 4217 | Chinese yuan (renminbi) (CNY) |
| Type A, B · 120 V | Plugs and voltage Shared plug types: A · different voltage | Type A, C, I · 220 V |
| UTC−5, UTC−4 in summer | Time zone of the capital Time difference: 13 h IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC+8 |
Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.
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Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-01); details and licences on the map pages.