List of administrative units of the People's Republic of China by population
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) |
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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
- List of administrative units of the People's Republic of China by area
- List of the administrative units of the People's Republic of China according to economic output
- List of the administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China according to the Human Development Index
Individual evidence
- ↑ China Population by Province . citypopulation.de