List of administrative units of the People's Republic of China by population

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The population of the administrative regions of the People's Republic of China in millions, 2010

All 22 provinces, the 4 directly administered cities, the 5 self-administered areas and the two special administrative areas of the People's Republic of China are listed , sorted according to their population. Taiwan is excluded. Also not included are Kinmen and the Matsu Islands , which are part of Fujian Province but are not under the control of the PRC.

rank region Inhabitants (mill.) Share in China's
total population
Population density
(per sq km)
Last change Supporting documents)
1. Guangdong 104.320 7.8% 440 2010 census
2. Shandong 95.792 7.2% 591 2010 census -
3. Henan 94.023 7.0% 572 2010 census -
4th Sichuan 80,418 6.0% 179 2010 census -
5. Jiangsu 78.660 5.9% 744 2010 census -
6th Hebei 71.854 5.4% 359 2010 census -
7th Hunan 65.683 4.9% 306 2010 census -
8th. Anhui 59,500 4.5% 429 2010 census -
9. Hubei 57.237 4.3% 321 2010 census -
10. Zhejiang 54,426 4.1% 459 2010 census -
11. Guangxi 46.026 3.5% 190 2010 census -
12. Yunnan 45.966 3.4% 108 2010 census -
13. Jiangxi 44.567 3.3% 244 2010 census -
14th Liaoning 43.746 3.3% 290 2010 census -
15th Heilongjiang 38,312 2.9% 80 2010 census -
16. Shaanxi 37.327 2.8% 175 2010 census -
17th Fujian 36,894 2.8% 286 2010 census -
19th Shanxi 35.712 2.7% 211 2010 census -
18th Guizhou 34.746 2.6% 200 2010 census -
20th Chongqing 28,846 2.2% 393 2010 census -
21st Jilin 27,462 2.1% 144 2010 census -
22nd Gansu 25.575 1.9% 65 2010 census -
23. Inner Mongolia 24,706 1.9% 20th 2010 census -
24. Shanghai 23.019 1.7% 2,106 2010 census -
25th Xinjiang 21,813 1.6% 65 2010 census -
26th Beijing 21,500 1.5% 1,279 2016 AA
27. Tianjin 12,938 1.0% 864 2010 census -
28. Hainan 8,671 0.7% 232 2010 census -
29 Hong Kong 7,061 * 6,587 2010 census -
30th Ningxia 6.176 0.5% 87 2010 census -
31. Qinghai 5.626 0.5% 7th 2010 census -
32. Tibet 3.002 0.2% 2 2010 census -
33. Macau 0.552 * 18,182 2010 census -
total - 1,339.724 100% 144 - -

* (Hong Kong and Macau :) Not included in total population of the PRC

See also

Individual evidence

  1. China Population by Province . citypopulation.de