China
People's Republic of China · Eastern Asia
China is a country in Eastern Asia, with Beijing as its capital, home to about 1,406,585,000 people. China shares land borders with 16 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Beijing |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Asia |
| Currency | Chinese yuan (CNY ¥) |
| Calling code | +86 |
| ISO codes | CN / CHN / 156 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇨🇳 |
| Population | 1,406,585,000 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 9,706,961 km² |
| Languages | Chinese |
| Internet domain | .cn |
| Demonym | Chinese |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of China mean?
The People's Republic's flag was designed by Zeng Liansong, a Shanghai accountant, and adopted in 1949. Its single large star represents the Communist Party, which Zeng described as the 'great savior' of the Chinese people, while the four smaller stars originally stood for the four social classes identified in Mao Zedong's theory of New Democracy: the working class, the peasantry, the urban petite bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie. China's 1990 National Flag Law deliberately leaves the stars' meaning broader in its official wording, describing them only as symbols of the People's Republic of China, without restating the original class-based reading.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of China
About China
China, officially People's Republic of China, is a United Nations member state in Eastern Asia. Its capital and seat of government is Beijing. It shares land borders with 16 countries. The official currency is the Chinese yuan (¥), using the code CNY.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of China for Beijing’s own facts and history.
To call China from abroad, dial the country code +86. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes CN (alpha-2) and CHN (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 1,406,585,000.
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How China compares
- Area: 9,706,961 km², ranking 3 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 1,406,585,000, ranking 2 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 145 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 16, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
- Currency reach: 1 other country or territory uses the Chinese yuan (see the full list).
Flags with the same colours as China
6 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
China appears in these lists
Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.