China vs India: Share of global CO₂ emissions and population

China

6.2%

in 2100

India

14.8%

in 2100

China rank

2nd

India rank

1st

Share of global CO₂ emissions and population over time

India currently reports 14.8% against 6.2% in China, a difference of 8.6%.

That makes India's figure about 2.4 times China's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was India ahead.

China ranks 2nd and India ranks 1st of 234 countries.

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ emissions and population
Unit: %
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,170 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the world's population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.