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ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code: CN

Technical information about ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code CN

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Below, you can find technical information regarding the CN code, which represents People's Republic of China within the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard.

General Information
Essential identifiers, names, and flag.
Country Code
CN
Related Codes
CHN156CH
Common Name
People's Republic of China
Common Name (Native)
中华人民共和国 (Chinese)
Flag
Geography
Key facts about location, terrain, climate, and borders.
Continent
Asia
Region
China
Area
9,572,900 km²
Country Bounds
N: 53.5609, S: 15.7754, W: 73.5577, E: 134.774
Landlocked
No
Terrain
mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in westplains, deltas, and hills in east
Climate
extremely diversetropical in south to subarctic in north
Border Countries
Afghanistan 91 kmBhutan 477 kmBurma 2,129 kmIndia 2,659 kmKazakhstan 1,765 kmNorth Korea 1,352 kmKyrgyzstan 1,063 kmLaos 475 kmMongolia 4,630 kmNepal 1,389 kmPakistan 438 kmRussia (northeast) 4,133 km and Russia (northwest) 46 kmTajikistan 477 kmVietnam 1,297 km
Administrative & Political
Essential political and administrative details.
Capital
Peking
Government Type
People's Republic
Established
-1523
Driving Side
Right
Time zones
UTC +8 hours
(*Although it spans a considerable area, China uses only one time zone.)
Population & Society
Key demographic, linguistic, and cultural information.
Population
1,392,730,000
Population Density
148.35 people/km²
Urban Areas
AishangAizhouAksuAnbangAnbuAnchengAndaAndongAnguAnguo
Nationality
Noun: Chinese (singular and plural) Adjective: Chinese
Distribution
overwhelming majority of the population is found in the eastern half of the country; the west, with its vast mountainous and desert areas, remains sparsely populated; though ranked first in the world in total population, overall density is less than that of many Asian and European countries; high population density is found along the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys, the Xi Jiang River delta, the Sichuan Basin (around Chengdu), in and around Beijing, and the industrial area around Shenyang
Official Language
Chinese
Other Languages
KazakhKirghizKoreanSichuan YiTibetanUighurZhuang
Literacy Rate
97% (2020 est.)
Religions
folk religion 21.9%Buddhist 18.2%Christian 5.1%Muslim 1.8%Hindu < 0.1%Jewish < 0.1%other 0.7% (includes Daoist (Taoist))unaffiliated 52.1% (2021 est.)
National Symbols
National anthem, symbols, and other important cultural identifiers.
National Anthem
"Yiyongjun Jinxingqu" (The March of the Volunteers)
National Holiday
National Day (anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949)
National Symbols
dragon, giant panda
National Colors
red, yellow
National Dish
Peking Duck
Economy
Currency, GDP, and other key economic information.
Currency
CNY – Renminbi Yuan (¥)
GDP
$31.23 trillion (2023 est.)
Measurement Units
Metric – Meter (m), Kilogram (kg), Liter (L), Celsius (°C)
Infrastructure
Important identifiers for connectivity and commerce.
Internet TLD
.cn
Calling Code
+86
  • +86-10 – Beijing - Beijing
  • +86-20 – Conghua - Guangdong
  • +86-20 – Fanyu - Guangdong
Barcode Prefix
690 – 699
Internet Hosts
20,602,000
Internet Users
389,000,000
Phones (Mobile)
1,100,000,000 lines
Phones (Landline)
278,860,000 lines

China is a country located in Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, positioned between North Korea and Vietnam.

*The map highlights the location of People's Republic of China.

Related locale codes

bo-CN – Tibetan (China)

ii-CN – Sichuan Yi (China)

ug-CN – Uighur (China)

zh-Hans-CN – Chinese (Simplified, China)

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