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Did you know that China is among the top 10 of the 193 UN countries in the following 39 respects.
- Land boundaries - km: 22,457 (Rank 1).
- Highest Point - meter: 8,850 (Rank 1).
- Waterways - km: 110,000 (Rank 1).
- Population: 1,355,692,576 (Rank 1).
- Electricity - production - KWh: 5,398,000,000,000 (Rank 1).
- Electricity - consumption - KWh: 5,322,000,000,000 (Rank 1).
- Electricity - installed generating capacity - KW: 1,247,000,000 (Rank 1).
- Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy - MT: 10,000,000,000 (Rank 1).
- Exports - $: 2,210,000,000,000 (Rank 1).
- Internet users: 389,000,000 (Rank 1).
- Telephones - main lines in use: 278,860,000 (Rank 1).
- Telephones - mobile cellular: 1,100,000,000 (Rank 1).
- Land Area - sq km: 9,326,410 (Rank 2).
- Irrigated Land - sq km: 629,380 (Rank 2).
- Freshwater withdrawal - cu km/yr: 554.1 (Rank 2).
- Crude oil - imports - bbl/day: 5,664,000 (Rank 2).
- Refined petroleum products - production - bbl/day: 9,371,000 (Rank 2).
- Refined petroleum products - consumption - bbl/day: 9,790,000 (Rank 2).
- Imports - $: 1,950,000,000,000 (Rank 2).
- GDP (purchasing power parity) - $: 13,390,000,000,000 (Rank 2).
- GDP (official exchange rate) - $: 9,330,000,000,000 (Rank 2).
- Railways - km: 86,000 (Rank 3).
- Roadways - km: 4,106,387 (Rank 3).
- Ethnic groups: 19.0 (Rank 3).
- Natural gas - consumption - cu m: 150,000,000,000 (Rank 3).
- Total Area - sq km: 9,596,960 (Rank 4).
- Crude oil - production - cu m: 4,197,000 (Rank 4).
- Water Area - sq km: 270,600 (Rank 5).
- Lowest Point - meter: -154.0 (Rank 5).
- Total renewable water resources - cu km: 2,840 (Rank 5).
- Heliports: 47.0 (Rank 5).
- Airports - with paved runways: 463.0 (Rank 5).
- Refined petroleum products - imports - bbl/day: 922,000 (Rank 5).
- Natural gas - imports - cu m: 53,000,000,000 (Rank 5).
- Internet hosts: 20,602,000 (Rank 5).
- Natural gas - production - cu m: 117,100,000,000 (Rank 6).
- Refined petroleum products - exports - bbl/day: 664,000 (Rank 8).
- Age Structure: 25-54 years - %: 47.2 (Rank 9).
- Coastline - km: 14,500 (Rank 10).