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Satellites in Orbit

operational
China
900 satellites
India
60 satellites
has 15Γ— the satellites of

Astronauts Flown

people to space
China
20 people to space
India
4 people to space
has sent 5Γ— as many people to space as

R&D Spending

% of GDP
China
2.58% of GDP
India
0.65% of GDP
invests 4Γ— the GDP share of in R&D

Patents Filed

per year
China
1.43M patents / yr
India
26.27K patents / yr
files 54Γ— the patents of
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satellites China
astronauts China
R&D spending China
patents China
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China vs India β€” Space & Science

One of these has 54Γ— the patents of the other. Every figure here comes from the same public datasets behind the full comparison β€” World Bank, IMF, UN and national statistics offices.

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