While China is said to have the longest continuous civilization, beginning around 8000 years ago, their official calendar has 2021 as Year 4719.  This the year of the Ox. I thought there would be more, but 18% of the world population is Chinese .  The two countries with the most are, surprisingly enough, China and the USA. This you'd never guess: Most popular Chinese name for a male:  Zhang Wei ( 290,607 ) Most popular Chinese name for a female:  Wang Fang ( 268,268 ) Here are other facts: China is only the fourth largest, geographically, to #1 Russia, #2 USA and #3 Canada. Both Russia and China have 14 bordering countries. Silk Road ( which is more than one road ) is the world's oldest and longest trade route 2845 miles long from Beijing to southern Europe still there, but it was started in 130 BC and closed in 1453 by the Ottoman Empire The Great Wall is 5500 miles long and the Forbidden City has more than 9000 rooms. China has the most people, 1.5 billion, four times that of