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Map of China

The map of China above comes from the CIA World Factbook

China Location Map

China Location Map

China Facts

Full Official Name: People’s Republic of China
Demonym: Chinese

Flag:

China Flag

Area

Total Area: 9,596,960 km²
Total Land Area: 9,326,410 km²
Total Water Area: 270550 km²

Demographics

Population: 1,416,043,270

Population Growth Rate: 0.23% (2024 est.)

Largest City: Shanghai (Population: 24,874,500)

Ethnic Groups: Han Chinese 91.1%, ethnic minorities 8.9% (includes Zhang, Hui, Manchu, Uighur, Miao, Yi, Tujia, Tibetan, Mongol, Dong, Buyei, Yao, Bai, Korean, Hani, Li, Kazakh, Dai, and other nationalities) (2021 est.)

Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official; Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages; note – Zhuang is official in Guangxi Zhuang, Yue is official in Guangdong, Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uyghur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, Kyrgyz is official in Xinjiang Uyghur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet)

Religions: folk religion 21.9%, Buddhist 18.2%, Christian 5.1%, Muslim 1.8%, Hindu < 0.1%, Jewish < 0.1%, other 0.7% (includes Daoist (Taoist)), unaffiliated 52.1% (2021 est.)

Economy

Currency: Renminbi

Real GDP at Purchasing Power Parity ($ PPP): $31.227 trillion (2023 est.)

GDP per capita (PPP): $22,100 (2023 est.)

Exports Value Per Year: $3.511 trillion (2023 est.)

Biggest Export Partners: US 15%, Hong Kong 7%, Japan 5%, Germany 4%, South Korea 4% (2022)

Imports Value Per Year: $3.125 trillion (2023 est.)

Biggest Import Partners: US 7%, South Korea 7%, Japan 6%, Australia 6%, China 6% (2022)

Government

Type: communist party-led state

Capital City: Beijing (Population: 21,893,095)

Other Facts

Time Zone: UTC+8 (CST)

Country Code: CN

Internet TLD: .cn

Climate Map of China

Climate Map of China

The climate map of China above was created by Beck, H.E., Zimmermann, N. E., McVicar, T. R., Vergopolan, N., Berg, A., & Wood, E. F.

Climate: extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north

Topographic Map of China

Topographic Map of China

The topographic map of China was created by Ismoon

Population Density Map of China

population density of the first-level administrative regions of China

Map by Alan Mak

China’s Heihe–Tengchong Line

China's Heihe–Tengchong Line

What Countries Border China?

What Countries Border China?

Here is a list of the 14 countries that have a land border with China:

  1. Afghanistan: 76 km (47 mi)
  2. Bhutan: 470 km (290 mi)
  3. India (3): 3,488 km (2,167 mi)
  4. Kazakhstan: 1,533 km (953 mi)
  5. North Korea: 1,416 km (880 mi)
  6. Kyrgyzstan: 858 km (533 mi)
  7. Laos: 423 km (263 mi)
  8. Mongolia: 4,677 km (2,906 mi)
  9. Myanmar: 2,185 km (1,358 mi)
  10. Nepal: 1,236 km (768 mi)
  11. Pakistan: 596 km (370 mi)
  12. Russia (2): 3,645 km (2,265 mi)
  13. Tajikistan: 414 km (257 mi)
  14. Vietnam: 1,281 km (796 mi)

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