General information
China | India | |
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Region: | East Asia | South Asia |
Area: | 9,562,910 km² | 3,287,259 km² |
Official language: | Chinese | Hindi |
Government form: | People's republic (communist one-party system) | Federal parliamentary republic |
Independent since: | 1523 BC | 1947 AD |
Capital: | Beijing | New Delhi |
Population
China | India | |
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Population: | 1,410,929,000 | 1,380,004,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 147.5 | 419.8 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 75 years | Ø 69 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 79 years | Ø 71 years |
Average age: | Ø 38.4 years | Ø 28.7 years |
Birthrate: | 10.50 ‰ | 17.64 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 7.10 ‰ | 7.27 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.43 ‰ | -0.04 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
China | India | |
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Political stability: | 68 | 45 |
Civil rights: | 37 | 46 |
Health: | 67 | 35 |
Climate: | 56 | 67 |
Cost of Living: | 38 | 44 |
Popularity: | 59 | 59 |
Economy
China | India | |
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Currency: | Renminbi Yuan (1 CNY = 100 Fen) | Indian Rupee (1 INR =100 Paise) |
Unemployment rate: | 4.8 % | 6.0 % |
Inflation rate: | 0.98 % | 6.62 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 63.15 % | 28.67 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 59.20 % | 49.70 % |
Average income: | 10,550 US$ | 1,920 US$ |
Corruption index: | 45 (bad) | 40 (bad) |
CHN: total | per 1000 inh. | IND: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 14,722,731 M US$ | 10.43 M US$ | 2,660,245 M US$ | 1.93 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 14,879,876 M US$ | 10.55 M US$ | 2,651,666 M US$ | 1.92 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 2,732,365 M US$ | 1.94 M US$ | 484,691 M US$ | 0.35 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 2,362,692 M US$ | 1.67 M US$ | 493,033 M US$ | 0.36 M US$ |
Infrastructure
CHN: total | per 1000 inh. | IND: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 4,960,600 km | 3.52 km | 4,699,024 km | 3.41 km |
Railways: | 68,141 km | 0.05 km | 68,155 km | 0.05 km |
Waterways: | 110,000 km | 0.08 km | 14,500 km | 0.01 km |
Harbours: | 6,662 | 0.005 | 1,801 | 0.001 |
Airports: | 507 | 0.000 | 346 | 0.000 |
Energy balance
CHN: total | per 1000 inh. | IND: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 5,564.00 bn kWh | 3.94 m kWh | 1,137.00 bn kWh | 823,910.43 kWh |
Energy production: | 5,883.00 bn kWh | 4.17 m kWh | 1,386.00 bn kWh | 1.00 m kWh |
Energy export: | 18.91 bn kWh | 13,402.51 kWh | 5.15 bn kWh | 3,731.87 kWh |
Energy imports: | 6.19 bn kWh | 4,383.64 kWh | 5.62 bn kWh | 4,070.28 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 10.31 bn t | 7,309.69 t | 2.43 bn t | 1,764.14 t |
Telecommunication
China | India | |
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International dialing: | +86 | +91 |
Internet domain: | .cn | .in |
CHN total | CHN per 1000 inh. | IND total | IND per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 181,908,000 | 129 | 20,052,162 | 15 |
Mobile cellulars: | 1,696,356,000 | 1202 | 1,153,709,832 | 836 |
Internet server: | 20,602,000 | 15 | 6,746,000 | 5 |
Internet users: | 996,710,736 | 706 | 565,801,798 | 410 |
Broadband Internet: | 483,549,500 | 343 | 22,950,000 | 17 |
Healthcare system
China | India | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 4.31 | 0.53 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 1.79 | 0.78 |
Diabetes: | 9.2 % | 10.4 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.6 % | 1.9 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 94.0 % | 84.0 % |
Smokers: | 25.7 % | 28.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: China and IndiaChina | India | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 19.6 °C | 30.4 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 10.1 °C | 19.9 °C |
Water temperature: | 18.0 °C | 27.5 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 68 % | 66 % |
Rain days: | 6.3 | 7.4 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.6 | 6.3 |
Native languages
China | India | |
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Chinese: | 92.0 % | n/a |
Hindi: | n/a | 41.0 % |
Bengali: | n/a | 8.1 % |
Telugu: | n/a | 7.2 % |
Marathi: | n/a | 7.0 % |
Tamil: | n/a | 5.9 % |
Urdu: | n/a | 5.0 % |
Gujarati: | n/a | 4.5 % |
Kannada: | n/a | 3.7 % |
Oriya: | n/a | 3.2 % |
Malayalam: | n/a | 3.2 % |
Punjabi: | n/a | 2.8 % |
Hakka: | 1.8 % | n/a |
Zhuang: | 1.4 % | n/a |
Assamese: | n/a | 1.3 % |
Maithili: | n/a | 1.2 % |
Mantšu: | 0.9 % | n/a |
Hui: | 0.8 % | n/a |
Yi: | 0.6 % | n/a |
Uighur: | 0.6 % | n/a |
Tujia: | 0.5 % | n/a |
Tibetan: | 0.4 % | n/a |
Mongolian: | 0.4 % | n/a |
Puyi: | 0.2 % | n/a |
Dong: | 0.2 % | n/a |
other: | 0.2 % | 5.9 % |
Religions
China | India | |
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Hinduism: | 0.1 % | 79.8 % |
Nondenominational: | 58.5 % | n/a |
Local chinese beliefs: | 17.5 % | n/a |
Islam: | 1.7 % | 13.0 % |
Buddhism: | 6.2 % | 0.7 % |
Taoism: | 4.4 % | n/a |
Christianity: | 2.3 % | 2.3 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.7 % |
Jainism: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Bahaism: | n/a | 0.2 % |
other: | 9.3 % | 1.9 % |