China: Map, Flag, Capital and Key Facts

Flag of China

China in solid, land neighbours outlined, capital marked.

Key facts about China

Capital	Beijing
Continent	Asia
Population	1,406,585,000 2025, World Bank. 2nd of 195.
Area	9,562,910 km² (3,692,259 sq mi) World Bank, surface area. 4th largest of 195.
Population density	147 people per km²
Land neighbours	14: Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam
Official name	People's Republic of China
UN status	Member state
Capital coordinates	39.93° N, 116.39° E Beijing, Natural Earth.

Land neighbours

China borders 14 countries on land. Each links to its own page.

From the Geography app

The app teaches each country through short hand written lenses: PLACE for physical geography, STORY for history and identity, NOW for the news, and THREAD for the ties between countries. Here is one of China's 10, in full.

STORYLens 1 of 10

The party and the state are fused in ways most outsiders underestimate

The Chinese Communist Party does not merely govern China; it is embedded in the military, judiciary, media, universities, and private sector in ways that blur the distinction between party and state. Understanding China requires accepting that this fusion is structural, not incidental, and that it produces a system that does not map neatly onto Western categories.

9 more lenses on China in the app

PLACE China's scale is hard to internalize without numbers
PLACE China's population clusters along the eastern seaboard
STORY Chinese civilization treats continuity as identity
NOW China's economy is stuck between deflation and ambition
NOW DeepSeek and the AI race show China can still surprise the world
THREAD The Belt and Road Initiative is China's bid to rewire global trade
THREAD U.S.-China rivalry is the structural fact of this era
NOW The chip tariff clock
THREAD The triangular chip race

Titles only. The app brings each lens back on a spaced repetition schedule set by how well you knew it: New, Hazy or Clear.

Compare China with another country

Opens the country comparison tool with population, area, income and more side by side, every figure dated.

Common questions

What is the capital of China?

The capital of China is Beijing. Beijing lies at about 39.9 degrees north and 116.4 degrees east. China is in Asia. It is home to about 1.41 billion people. The world capitals quiz on this site tests every capital, and the printable capitals sheets cover each continent.

What is the population of China?

About 1.41 billion people live in China, according to the World Bank figures for 2025. That makes it the 2nd most populous of the 195 countries. With an area of 9,562,910 square kilometres, that is about 147 people per square kilometre.

What countries border China?

China shares land borders with 14 countries: Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Vietnam. The map on this page outlines each of them around China. The count includes only borders on land, not neighbours across a sea or a lake.

How big is China?

China covers 9,562,910 square kilometres, or about 3,692,259 square miles. That makes it the 4th largest of the 195 countries. The figure is total surface area, which includes inland water such as lakes and rivers. Its population of about 1.41 billion gives a density of 147 people per square kilometre.

China: map, flag, capital and key facts