China vs India: Population ages 20-24, female

China

36.06 million

in 2025

India

61.77 million

in 2025

China rank

2nd

India rank

1st

Population ages 20-24, female over time

India currently reports 61.77 million against 36.06 million in China, a difference of 25.71 million.

That makes India's figure about 1.7 times China's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was China ahead.

Globally, China ranks 2nd and India ranks 1st of 215 countries.

Indicator: Population ages 20-24, female
Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 260 places, 17,130 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Female population between the ages 20 to 24.