China, [i] officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), [j] is a country in East Asia. With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population.

5 days ago · China is a country of East Asia. It is the largest of all Asian countries and has one of the largest populations of any country in the world. Occupying nearly the entire East Asian landmass, it covers approximately one-fourteenth of the land area of Earth.

The Kina (ISO 4217 currency code: PGK, the currency symbol: K) is the currency of Papua New Guinea. It is divided into 100 toea. The name Kina is derived from Kuanua language of the Tolai region, referring to a callable pearl shell used widely for trading in both the Coastal and Highlands areas of the country.

Feb 3, 2025 · From Chinese 秦 (Qín).

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Apr 8, 2011 · China is now a major overseas investor, and is pursuing an increasingly assertive foreign and defence policy far beyond East Asia. But economic change has not been matched by political reform, and...

3 days ago · The Papua New Guinean kina was established in 1975 as an official national currency and is used only in Papua New Guinea. It replaced the previously valid Australian dollar. 1 Kina is devided into 100 Toea. The graph shown here shows the exchange rate development from January 2019 to March 2025.

Dec 28, 2021 · Since the change, China has been among the world’s fastest growing economies, with real gross domestic product averaging over 9% growth annually through 2018, lifting an estimated 800 million people out of poverty, and dramatically improving overall living standards. By 2011, China’s economy was the second largest in the world.

Feb 25, 2021 · China is an East Asian country, situated in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth. China shares its borders with 14 countries: Mongolia in the north; Russia and North Korea in the northeast; Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Bhutan and Nepal in the south; Pakistan in the southwest; Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in ...

The current population of China is 1,416,994,741 as of Friday, March 21, 2025, based on Worldometer's elaboration of the latest United Nations data 1. China 2025 population is estimated at 1,416,096,094 people at mid year. China population is …