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China vs Russia

127 shared metrics.

ChinaLeads in 64

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RussiaLeads in 63

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China

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Identity

Formal name: People's Republic of China.

CIA 2026

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China's population began shrinking in 2022, its first annual decline in about six decades.

World Bank

Russia

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Identity

Formal name: Russian Federation.

CIA 2026

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Russia is the world's largest country and spans 11 time zones.

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Analysis

China leads in 64 of 127 shared metrics, while Russia leads in 63.

China's Domestic Patents is 71.9x that of Russia (1.43M vs 19.6K).

China's Shipping Traffic is 67.7x that of Russia (268.99M vs 3.91M).

China's Solar Electricity Share is 45.3x that of Russia (11.1% vs 0.24%).

China's Wind Electricity Share is 33.6x that of Russia (10.73% vs 0.31%).

China's Population Density is 16.1x that of Russia (150.26 /km² vs 8.8 /km²).

Key Comparisons

Domestic PatentsChina leads

China

1.43M

Russia

19.6K

Shipping TrafficChina leads

China

268.99M

Russia

3.91M

Solar Electricity ShareChina leads

China

11.1%

Russia

0.24%

Wind Electricity ShareChina leads

China

10.73%

Russia

0.31%

Population DensityChina leads

China

150.26 /km²

Russia

8.8 /km²

Irrigated LandChina leads

China

1.6 per 1M people

Russia

0.39 per 1M people

313% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Comparison of China and Russia across 127 metrics
				Winner
Domestic Patents	1.43M	19.6K	7190% higher	China
Shipping Traffic	268.99M	3.91M	6772% higher	China
Solar Electricity Share	11.1%	0.24%	4525% higher	China
Wind Electricity Share	10.73%	0.31%	3361% higher	China
Population Density	150.26 /km²	8.8 /km²	1611% higher	China
Irrigated Land	690.1K km²	43.0K km²	1505% higher	China
Foreign Patents	159.0K	11.4K	1294% higher	China
Water Stress (%)	20.21%	1.5%	1244% higher	China
Scientific Publications	898.9K	84.3K	967% higher	China
Population	1.41B	140.13M	904% higher	China
Electric Generating Capacity	2.95B kW	301.93M kW	877% higher	China
Water Withdrawal	568.48 B m³	64.82 B m³	777% higher	China
GDP (Nominal)	$18,743,803,170,827.2	$2,173,835,806,671.66	762% higher	China
Electricity Generation	10.1K TWh	1.2K TWh	732% higher	China
Total CO2 Emissions	13.1K Mt CO2e	2.0K Mt CO2e	553% higher	China
Air Passengers	619.22M	98.87M	526% higher	China
Tourist Arrivals	30.40M	6.36M	378% higher	China
Renewable Energy (%)	15.2%	3.5%	334% higher	China
Agricultural Land (%)	55.43%	13.17%	321% higher	China
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.6 per 1M people	0.39 per 1M people	313% higher	China
Time Zones Count	4.0 time zones	1.0 time zones	300% higher	China
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	34.81 µg/m³	11.27 µg/m³	209% higher	China
Coal Electricity Share	54.35%	18.4%	195% higher	China
Renewable Energy (%)	17.47%	6.0%	191% higher	China
Merchant Fleet Size	8.3K	2.9K	186% higher	China
R&D Spending (% GDP)	2.6% of GDP	0.93% of GDP	176% higher	China
High-Tech Exports (%)	26.28%	9.7%	170% higher	China
Food Waste per Person	141.64 kg/person/yr	55.52 kg/person/yr	155% higher	China
Government Debt (% GDP)	47% of GDP	18.5% of GDP	154% higher	China
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	3.7% of GDP	1.6% of GDP	131% higher	China
Youth Unemployment Rate	15.79% of youth labor force	7.6% of youth labor force	107% higher	China
Firms Asked for Bribes	0.14% of firms	26.8% of firms	99% lower	Russia
Inflation Rate	0.20%	8.4%	98% lower	Russia
Firms Making Informal Payments	0.29% of firms	16.58% of firms	98% lower	Russia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.01 per 1M people	0.19 per 1M people	96% lower	Russia
Corruption Perceptions Index	43 pts	22 pts	95% higher	China
Homicide Rate	0.50 per 100k	6.8 per 100k	93% lower	Russia
Seafood Consumption per Person	40.33 kg/person/yr	21.76 kg/person/yr	85% higher	China
Credit Card Ownership	46.03% of adults	25.08% of adults	84% higher	China
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	5.0 days/yr	28 days/yr	82% lower	Russia
Unemployment Rate	4.6%	2.5%	81% higher	China
Milk Consumption per Person	32.66 kg/person/yr	163.57 kg/person/yr	80% lower	Russia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.22 per 100k people	1.1 per 100k people	79% lower	Russia
Military Spending	1.7% of GDP	7.1% of GDP	76% lower	Russia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	60 sites	34 sites	76% higher	China
Firms Hit by Power Outages	3.7% of firms	15.15% of firms	76% lower	Russia
Railway Length	150.0K km	85.5K km	75% higher	China
Broadband Access (%)	45 per 100 people	25.82 per 100 people	74% higher	China
Armed Forces Personnel	2.54M	1.45M	74% higher	China
Nuclear Electricity Share	4.9%	18.4%	73% lower	Russia
Forest Area	2.26M km²	8.15M km²	72% lower	Russia
Capital Elevation	43 m	156 m	72% lower	Russia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	330 gold medals	192 gold medals	72% higher	China
Obesity Rate	8.2%	28.05%	71% lower	Russia
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.4 per 100k	10.6 per 100k	64% higher	China
Beer Consumption	1.1 L/person/yr	3.1 L/person/yr	63% lower	Russia
Coastline Length	14.5K km	37.7K km	61% lower	Russia
Women in Parliament (%)	26.54%	16.44%	61% higher	China
Teen Birth Rate	5.2 per 1k	12.97 per 1k	60% lower	Russia
Suicide Rate	8.9 per 100k	21.37 per 100k	58% lower	Russia
Electoral Democracy Index	0.07	0.17	58% lower	Russia
Alcohol Consumption	4.6 L/adult/yr	10.53 L/adult/yr	57% lower	Russia
Highest Elevation	8.8K m	5.6K m	57% higher	China
Forest Coverage (%)	24.03%	49.78%	52% lower	Russia
All-Time Olympic Medals	819 medals	540 medals	52% higher	China
Energy Use (Per Capita)	2.9K kg oil eq/person	5.6K kg oil eq/person	49% lower	Russia
Nurses & Midwives	3.5 per 1k	6.2 per 1k	44% lower	Russia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.04	0.08	44% lower	Russia
Land Area	9.39M km²	16.38M km²	43% lower	Russia
Death Rate	8.0 per 1k	13.93 per 1k	43% lower	Russia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$27,104.87	$47,404.96	43% lower	Russia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	212.35 per 1k people	372.47 per 1k people	43% lower	Russia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	72.03 per 100k	121.42 per 100k	41% lower	Russia
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.1 per 1k	5.1 per 1k	39% lower	Russia
Airports	571	938	39% lower	Russia
Child Mortality	6.2 per 1k births	4.5 per 1k births	38% higher	China
Hypertension Prevalence	27.3% of adults	44.3% of adults	38% lower	Russia
Health Spending Per Capita	$672.45	$1,078.23	38% lower	Russia
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	7.6% of GDP	12.07% of GDP	37% lower	Russia
Protected Land (%)	15.6%	11.5%	36% higher	China
Insufficient Physical Activity	23.84% of adults	17.66% of adults	35% higher	China
Meat Consumption per Person	60.6 kg/person/yr	87.81 kg/person/yr	31% lower	Russia
Researchers	1.8K per 1M	2.7K per 1M	31% lower	Russia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.04	0.06	30% lower	Russia
CO2 Per Capita	8.7 t/person/yr	12.29 t/person/yr	30% lower	Russia
Political Corruption Index	0.55	0.78	29% lower	Russia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	132 per 100 people	186 per 100 people	29% lower	Russia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	5.0 per 1k	7.0 per 1k	29% lower	Russia
Railway Network	109.8K km	85.5K km	28% higher	China
University Enrollment Rate	76.88%	60.39%	27% higher	China
Spirits Consumption	2.5 L/person/yr	3.2 L/person/yr	22% lower	Russia
Infant Mortality	4.5 per 1k births	3.7 per 1k births	22% higher	China
Health Spending (% GDP)	5.4% of GDP	6.9% of GDP	22% lower	Russia
Fertility Rate	1.2 children/woman	1.5 children/woman	21% lower	Russia
Smoking Rate	23.4%	29.2%	20% lower	Russia
Firms with Female Top Manager	19.6% of firms	24.25% of firms	19% lower	Russia
Average Weekly Work Hours	46.1 hrs/week	38.99 hrs/week	18% higher	China
Electricity Carbon Intensity	525.34 gCO2/kWh	449.73 gCO2/kWh	17% higher	China
Dependency Ratio	44.24% of working-age pop.	52.57% of working-age pop.	16% lower	Russia
GDP Growth Rate	5.0%	4.3%	15% higher	China
Elderly Population (%)	14.67%	17.18%	15% lower	Russia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	22.7% of adults	26.5% of adults	14% lower	Russia
Border Neighbors	16	14	14% higher	China
Birth Rate	7.3 per 1k	8.3 per 1k	12% lower	Russia
Urban Population (%)	65.89%	75.11%	12% lower	Russia
GNI Per Capita	$13,660	$15,320	11% lower	Russia
Inequality (Gini)	36	33	9% higher	China
Exports (% GDP)	20.02% of GDP	21.92% of GDP	9% lower	Russia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	6.5K kWh/person	7.2K kWh/person	9% lower	Russia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.59	0.55	8% higher	China
Youth Population (%)	16.01%	17.28%	7% lower	Russia
Life Expectancy	78.0 years	73.3 years	6% higher	China
Sanitation Access (%)	97.27%	92.22%	5% higher	China
Human Development Index	0.80	0.83	4% lower	Russia
Life Evaluation Score	6.1 pts	5.8 pts	4% higher	China
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.0% of GDP	4.2% of GDP	4% lower	Russia
Internet Users (%)	92%	94.36%	3% lower	Russia
Adult Literacy Rate	96.74%	99.93%	3% lower	Russia
Imports (% GDP)	17.18% of GDP	17.59% of GDP	2% lower	Russia
Median Age	39.1 years	39.5 years	1% lower	Russia
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.1% of adults	95.61% of adults	1% lower	Russia
Digital Payments Used	88.72% of adults	87.42% of adults	1% higher	China
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	China
Lowest Elevation	-154 m	-28 m	ranked lower	Russia
Land Border Length	22.5K km	22.4K km	equal	China
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	China
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.10% of GDP	-0.44% of GDP	ranked higher	China

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Analysis

China leads in 64 of 127 shared metrics, while Russia leads in 63.

China's Domestic Patents is 71.9x that of Russia (1.43M vs 19.6K).

China's Shipping Traffic is 67.7x that of Russia (268.99M vs 3.91M).

China's Solar Electricity Share is 45.3x that of Russia (11.1% vs 0.24%).

China's Wind Electricity Share is 33.6x that of Russia (10.73% vs 0.31%).

China's Population Density is 16.1x that of Russia (150.26 /km² vs 8.8 /km²).

Key Comparisons

Domestic PatentsChina leads

China

1.43M

Russia

19.6K

Shipping TrafficChina leads

China

268.99M

Russia

3.91M

Solar Electricity ShareChina leads

China

11.1%

Russia

0.24%

Wind Electricity ShareChina leads

China

10.73%

Russia

0.31%

Population DensityChina leads

China

150.26 /km²

Russia

8.8 /km²

Irrigated LandChina leads

China

690.1K km²

Russia

43.0K km²

Domestic Patents

1.43M

19.6K

Shipping Traffic

268.99M

3.91M

Solar Electricity Share

11.1%

0.24%

Wind Electricity Share

10.73%

0.31%

Population Density

150.26 /km²

8.8 /km²

Irrigated Land

690.1K km²

43.0K km²

Foreign Patents

159.0K

11.4K

Water Stress (%)

20.21%

1.5%

Scientific Publications

898.9K

84.3K

Population

1.41B

140.13M

Electric Generating Capacity

2.95B kW

301.93M kW

Water Withdrawal

568.48 B m³

64.82 B m³

GDP (Nominal)

$18,743,803,170,827.2

$2,173,835,806,671.66

Electricity Generation

10.1K TWh

1.2K TWh

Total CO2 Emissions

13.1K Mt CO2e

2.0K Mt CO2e

Air Passengers

619.22M

98.87M

Tourist Arrivals

30.40M

6.36M

Renewable Energy (%)

15.2%

3.5%

Agricultural Land (%)

55.43%

13.17%

1.6 per 1M people

0.39 per 1M people

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Domestic Patents

Shipping Traffic

Solar Electricity Share

Wind Electricity Share

Population Density

Irrigated Land

Foreign Patents

Water Stress (%)

Scientific Publications

Population

Electric Generating Capacity

Water Withdrawal

GDP (Nominal)

Electricity Generation

Total CO2 Emissions

Air Passengers

Tourist Arrivals

Renewable Energy (%)

Agricultural Land (%)

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Time Zones Count

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Coal Electricity Share

Renewable Energy (%)

Merchant Fleet Size

R&D Spending (% GDP)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Food Waste per Person

Government Debt (% GDP)

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Firms Asked for Bribes

Inflation Rate

Firms Making Informal Payments

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Corruption Perceptions Index

Homicide Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Credit Card Ownership

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Unemployment Rate

Milk Consumption per Person

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Military Spending

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Railway Length

Broadband Access (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Nuclear Electricity Share

Forest Area

Capital Elevation

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Obesity Rate

Road Traffic Death Rate

Beer Consumption

Coastline Length

Women in Parliament (%)

Teen Birth Rate

Suicide Rate

Electoral Democracy Index

Alcohol Consumption

Highest Elevation

Forest Coverage (%)

All-Time Olympic Medals

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Nurses & Midwives

Freedom of Expression Index

Land Area

Death Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Vehicles per 1,000 People