China’s coastline is 5.5 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

China: 14,500 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)

China’s highest peak towers 5,849 m above Saudi Arabia’s

China: 8,849 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 42% of China

China: 41.7% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)

China has 38 times as many people as Saudi Arabia

China: 1.41 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)

China is 8.7 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia

China: 150 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)

The typical person in China is 9.8 years older than in Saudi Arabia

China: 39.1 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Saudi Arabia have 1.3 more children on average than in China

China: 1.01 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)

15% of people in China are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia

China: 14.9% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)

Saudi Arabia hosts 74 times as many refugees per resident as China

China: 0.00016 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)

China has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none

China: 0.1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)

China and Saudi Arabia are practically level

China: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)

China’s economy is 15 times the size of Saudi Arabia’s

China: $19.5 trillion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)

Saudi Arabia produces 2.5 times as much per person as China

China: Int$29,333 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)

China: 36 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: no data

China: 0% (2022) · Saudi Arabia: no data

Unemployment is 4.6% in China, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia

China: 4.6% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, China 1.7%

China: 1.7% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)

Saudi Arabia’s central government collects 8.1% of GDP in tax, China’s 7.0%

China: 7% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)

China and Saudi Arabia are nearly identical here

China: 47% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)

Saudi Arabia spends 2.4 times as much on health per person as China

China: $763 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)

A baby in Saudi Arabia is 15% more likely to die before turning one than in China

China: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Saudi Arabia has 9% more doctors per person than China

China: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)

China has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Saudi Arabia

China: 5.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in China is 3.6 times that in Saudi Arabia

China: 8 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)

39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 9.1% in China

China: 9.1% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)

23% of adults in China smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia

China: 22.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)

People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.74 points higher than in China

China: 6.07 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)

China: 3.7 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data

China has 27% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia

China: 73.5 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)

Saudi Arabia has 133 kcal more food per person per day than China

China: 3,527 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)

Workers in China put in 203 more hours a year than in Saudi Arabia

China: 2,328 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)

Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 3.6 years longer than in China

China: 8 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)

Saudi Arabia welcomed 18 times as many tourists per resident as China (2019)

China: 0.05 (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)

China has 53 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (61 against 8)

China: 61 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)

China has won 819 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4

China: 819 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 92% in China

China: 92% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

Home internet in China is 86% faster than in Saudi Arabia

China: 364 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)

China and Saudi Arabia are practically level

China: 100% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)

85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 66% in China

China: 66% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)

Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, China 132

China: 132 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)

China’s railway network is 37 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s

China: 109,767 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)

Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 2.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from China

China: 0.44 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 24% of China, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia

China: 24% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)

The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 2.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in China

China: 8.7 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)

37% of China’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia

China: 37% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)

The air in Saudi Arabia carries 61% more fine dust than in China

China: 31.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 86% more likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia than in China

China: 0.5 per 100k (2020) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)

Roads in China are 15% deadlier than in Saudi Arabia

China: 24.7 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)

Saudi Arabia is on average 19.0 °C warmer than China

China: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

China gets 13 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia

China: 813 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)