According to the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2024), China's nominal GDP in 2024 is projected to be around $18,273 billion at current prices. Based on PPP, China's GDP in 2024 is forecast at 37,072 billion international dollars.

China has the largest economy by GDP (nominal) and GDP (PPP) in Asia, the second-largest by nominal GDP in the world, and the largest by GDP (PPP).

  • Nominal
  • PPP

Projections by IMF

Year GDP (billions of $/Int. $)
NominalPPP
202317,758.0534,540.88
202418,273.3637,072.09
202519,534.8939,438.11
202620,810.8841,817.20
202722,050.8144,108.39
202823,319.7246,428.14
202924,589.6748,836.35

Estimates by World Bank

Year GDP Nominal (billions of $) GDP PPP (billions Int. $) Share (%) to World Rank/Total
CurrentConstant (2015) CurrentConstant (2021)NominalPPPNominalPPP
196059.72158.91--4.38-5/104-
196150.06115.57--3.48-6/106-
196247.21109.12--3.06-7/108-
196350.71120.36--3.05-7/108-
196459.71142.25--3.27-7/108-
196570.44166.36--3.54-7/116-
196676.72184.07--3.56-6/117-
196772.88173.45--3.18-7/120-
196870.85166.34--2.86-8/121-
196979.71194.52--2.91-7/121-
197092.60232.06--3.09-7/141-
197199.80248.45--3.01-7/142-
1972113.69257.91--2.97-7/142-
1973138.54277.93--2.97-7/142-
1974144.19284.35--2.69-8/142-
1975163.43309.14--2.73-8/145-
1976153.94304.29--2.37-8/145-
1977174.94327.32--2.38-8/148-
1978149.54364.39--1.72-10/147-
1979178.28392.06--1.76-10/148-
1980191.15422.77--1.67-11/155-
1981195.87444.39--1.66-10/156-
1982205.09484.46--1.76-8/158-
1983230.69536.63--1.93-8/159-
1984259.95618.16--2.09-8/161-
1985309.49701.18--2.38-8/163-
1986300.76763.93--1.96-8/163-
1987272.97852.99--1.56-10/169-
1988312.35948.72--1.60-10/172-
1989347.77988.62--1.71-11/173-
1990360.861,027.381,114.191,868.041.583.7711/1885/186
1991383.371,122.541,258.572,041.071.614.0410/1884/187
1992426.921,282.221,470.362,331.401.684.5210/1914/188
1993444.731,460.241,714.192,655.091.715.0510/1954/188
1994564.321,650.611,979.043,001.232.025.548/1963/189
1995734.491,831.422,241.863,329.982.365.948/1993/190
1996863.752,013.142,509.423,660.402.716.287/1993/190
1997961.602,199.092,788.483,998.503.036.607/1993/192
19981,029.062,371.633,041.074,312.223.256.967/2013/192
19991,094.002,553.333,320.394,642.613.347.247/2022/192
20001,211.332,770.113,683.905,036.773.587.486/2032/194
20011,339.403,001.024,080.845,456.623.987.906/2042/194
20021,470.563,275.124,522.785,955.014.218.356/2082/195
20031,660.283,603.885,075.036,552.774.248.876/2082/195
20041,955.353,968.375,738.587,215.504.439.286/2082/195
20052,285.964,420.546,592.908,037.674.799.905/2082/195
20062,752.124,982.887,660.759,060.145.3210.54/2092/196
20073,550.335,691.998,988.0310,349.506.0911.43/2092/196
20084,594.346,241.3010,045.3011,348.307.1712.03/2102/199
20095,101.696,827.9011,057.2012,414.908.4013.13/2102/200
20106,087.197,554.1112,381.9013,735.309.1513.82/2102/200
20117,551.558,275.5913,844.4015,047.1010.214.52/2132/201
20128,532.198,926.3615,212.9016,230.4011.315.12/2112/199
20139,570.479,619.6016,374.8017,490.9012.315.52/2112/200
201410,475.6010,333.9017,423.2018,789.7013.115.82/2122/199
201511,061.6011,061.6018,216.5020,112.7014.716.22/2102/199
201611,233.3011,819.2019,265.3021,490.2014.716.42/2101/198
201712,310.5012,640.3020,594.7022,983.2015.116.62/2101/199
201813,894.9013,493.4022,453.9024,534.5016.017.02/2101/199
201914,280.0014,296.4024,300.7025,994.4016.217.42/2101/199
202014,687.7014,616.4025,246.7026,576.4017.218.22/2091/198
202117,820.5015,851.3028,821.6028,821.6018.318.52/2081/198
202217,881.8016,325.1031,773.2029,683.2017.718.52/2021/194
202317,794.8017,174.0034,643.7031,226.7016.918.82/1861/184