Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in China instead of Saint Martin, you would:

Health

live 2.4 years less

In Saint Martin, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2024. In China, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2024.

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Life

be 38.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Saint Martin, approximately 6.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In China, on the other hand, 4.1 children do as of 2024.

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have 55.0% fewer children

In Saint Martin, there are approximately 15.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In China, there are 6.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 88.9% more likely to have internet access

In Saint Martin, approximately 48.5% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In China, about 91.6% do as of 2025.

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Geography

see 246.2 times more coastline

Saint Martin has a total of 59 km of coastline. In China, that number is 14,500 km.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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Saint Martin is about 176,415 times smaller than China.
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China: At a glance

China (sometimes abbreviated PRC) is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 9,326,410 sq km. For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. After World War II, the communists under MAO Zedong established an autocratic socialist system that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. After 1978, MAO's successor DENG Xiaoping and other leaders focused on market-oriented economic development and by 2000 output had quadrupled. For much of the population, living standards have improved dramatically and the room for personal choice has expanded, yet political controls remain tight. Since the early 1990s, China has increased its global outreach and participation in international organizations.
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