China
China 🇨🇳 is a country in Asia with a population of approximately ~1.41 billion (2024). Its capital is Beijing. This is the complete reference for identifying China in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.
Quick facts
| Flag | 🇨🇳 |
| Continent / region | Asia |
| Capital | Beijing |
| Population | ~1.41 billion (2024) |
| ISO codes | CN / CHN |
| Coordinates | 40.05°, 116.29° |
| Bordering countries | Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
Famous for
The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Yangtze River, the world's largest manufacturing economy, the bullet-train network (longest in the world), the Yuan currency.
Quiz tips for China
Borders 14 countries — tied with Russia for the most. Third-largest country by area. Capital is Beijing; the largest city by population is Shanghai.
How China appears in daily geography puzzles
In MapDash, China is identified through the clue sequence: asia first, then population range (~1.41 billion (2024)), then bordering countries, then capital (Beijing), then a famous-for hint.
In Worldle, China is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach Asia.
Neighboring countries
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Reading China in MapDash context
The China record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how China sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
Every number on this page links back to OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for China’s peers within recognized sovereign countries. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of China?
The capital of China is Beijing.
What continent is China in?
China is in Asia.
What is the population of China?
China has a population of approximately ~1.41 billion (2024).
What countries border China?
China borders Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan.
What is China famous for?
The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Yangtze River, the world's largest manufacturing economy, the bullet-train network (longest in the world), the Yuan currency.