---
title: "China vs Peru — area, population, currency"
description: "China is 9,596,960 km² with 1,406,585,000 people; Peru is 1,285,216 km² with 34,576,665. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-peru/
site: "At One Place"
---

# China vs Peru

**China vs Peru: China is larger; China has more people**

9,596,960 km² vs 1,285,216 km² · 1,406,585,000 vs 34,576,665

China is 7.5 times larger than Peru — 9,596,960 against 1,285,216 km². China is 41 times more populous than Peru — 1,406,585,000 against 34,576,665 people.

## Side by side

|  | China | Peru |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Beijing | Lima |
| Area | 9,596,960 km² | 1,285,216 km² |
| Population | 1,406,585,000 (2025) | 34,576,665 (2025) |
| Density | 146.6 /km² | 26.9 /km² |
| Currency | Chinese yuan (CNY) | Peruvian sol (PEN) |
| Official languages | Standard Chinese | Aymara, Quechua, Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC+08:00 | UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +86 | +51 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Asia | South America |
| ISO codes | CN / CHN | PE / PER |

## Population density

China is 5.4 times more densely populated than Peru — 147 against 27 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Chinese yuan and the Peruvian sol.
- Different continents — Asia and South America.

## China

The largest country in the world using a single time zone, so the sun rises in the far west around three hours later by the clock than in Beijing. China has a land border with fourteen countries — more than any other state except Russia, which also has fourteen. Its terrain runs from Mount Everest on the Nepalese border to the Turpan Depression at 154 m below sea level.

## Peru

Peru holds the source of the Amazon and about sixty percent of its territory is Amazon basin, but most people live on the dry Pacific coast. Cotahuasi and Colca are among the deepest canyons in the world, both over 3,000 m. The Nazca lines, drawn on the coastal desert between about 500 BC and AD 500, cover some 450 km² and are only legible from the air or the surrounding hills.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is China bigger than Peru?

China is larger — 9,596,960 km² against 1,285,216 km².

### Which has more people, China or Peru?

China, with 1,406,585,000 against 34,576,665.

### What is the time difference between China and Peru?

China is UTC+08:00 and Peru is UTC-05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Peru](https://atoneplace.net/country/peru/)
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- [China vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-states/)
- [China vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-india/)
- [China vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [China vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-japan/)
- [China vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-new-zealand/)
- [China vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-france/)
- [China vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-germany/)
- [China vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-italy/)
- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-mexico/)
- [China vs Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-spain/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]