China vs Italy: Population growth rate

China

-0.2%

in 2023

Italy

-0.2%

in 2023

China rank

195th

Italy rank

193rd

Population growth rate over time

Italy currently reports -0.2% against -0.2% in China, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was China ahead.

Globally, China ranks 195th and Italy ranks 193rd of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.