How Many People Live in China? Four Straight Years of Decline
China had 1,404.89 million people at the end of 2025, 3.39 million fewer than a year earlier and 7.71 million below the 2021 peak.
Updated Oct 29, 2026
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$118.35 trillionWorld GDP in 2025, at current pricesSource: World Bank, WDI, July 2026
$5.50 trillionNVIDIA market value, the most valuable listed companySource: Market close, 30 Sep 2026
$2.28 trillionCombined revenue of Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and NvidiaSource: Company annual reports, latest fiscal years
325 millionNetflix paid memberships worldwideSource: Netflix, January 2026
500 millionYouTube users in India, the largest audience of any countrySource: Google ad tools, late 2025
30.3%AMD share of x86 PC processors (Intel 69.7%)Source: Mercury Research, Q2 2026
23.6 millionMillionaires in the United States, about 41% of the world totalSource: UBS Global Wealth Report, end of 2025
6,810,966Spectators at the 2026 World Cup, a record for the tournamentSource: FIFA, 104 matches
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Where Netflix Earns Its Money: Revenue by Region From 2019 to Q3 2026
The United States and Canada generated $19.96 billion of Netflix streaming revenue in 2025, or 44.2 percent of the $45.18 billion total.
Which Countries Have the Biggest Armed Forces, and Who Spends the Most on Them?
China has the largest military in the world by officially stated size: its government puts the active strength of the PLA at 2 million troops.
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Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Nvidia, trillion US dollars
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Six companies now sell almost four times as much as in 2016
Combined revenue of the six largest US technology companies rose from 0.57 trillion dollars in 2016 to 2.23 trillion dollars in 2025, a growth rate of 16.4 percent a year with no year of decline.
The mix has shifted: Apple produced 38 percent of the total in 2016 and under 19 percent in 2025, while Amazon and Nvidia gained the most. The full report compares margins, AI spending, staff and payouts.
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