You can compare the United States with China on this map

Here is China and all of it's large cities.

Text Box: USA

China has about one fourth of the total population of the world and many of those people live in the big cities on the Eastern side of China.

Beijing is the capitol city, and Shanghai has the largest population.

You can compare the United States with China on this map. They are about the same size and lie at about the same latitudes.

Text Box: China Map of the World

(millions of people)

and estimates for 2100 based on current trends

Year	USA	China	Britain
1750	1	200	10
1800	5	259	10
1850	20	429	20
1900	76	467	42
1950	152	556	50
2000	280	1300	58
2100	700	1400	55
2200	1000	1200	50

These websites let you see the population change. They count births and deaths and update the total population continuously.