China: flag, capital & map
Get to know China, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Beijing
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Eastern Asia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 1,406,585,000
- Area
- 9,706,961 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Chinese
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Chinese Yuan (CNY)
- Land neighbours
- Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam
Beijing is China’s capital. Its flag has one large yellow star and four smaller ones on a red field.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of China
The flag of China has a red field. In the canton are five yellow five-pointed stars — a large star and four smaller stars arranged in a vertical arc on the fly side of the large star.
Where it is
China is grouped in Eastern Asia, within Roam’s Asia region. Its land-border list includes 14 countries in this atlas: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam. The source classifies it as not landlocked. The source also lists HKG, MAC, outside this 195-country set.
China has a recorded area of 9,706,961 square kilometres. Among the 5 countries assigned to Eastern Asia in this dataset, it ranks 1 by area, from largest to smallest. Mongolia is immediately below it, at 1,564,110 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 1,406,585,000 people for China in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 145 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Chinese. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Chinese Yuan (CNY). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of China?
Reveal answer
Beijing. Beijing is China’s capital. Its flag has one large yellow star and four smaller ones on a red field.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of China?
Reveal answer
The flag of China has a red field. In the canton are five yellow five-pointed stars — a large star and four smaller stars arranged in a vertical arc on the fly side of the large star.
Which land neighbours of China are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. The source classifies China as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for China?
Reveal answer
Chinese. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in China.
Which currency codes are listed for China?
Reveal answer
Chinese Yuan (CNY). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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