List of administrative units of the People's Republic of China by area
All 22 provinces, the 4 directly administered cities, the 5 autonomous regions and the two special administrative areas of the People's Republic of China are listed , sorted according to their size. Taiwan is excluded.
| rank | region | Area in km 2 | Share of China's total area in% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Xinjiang | 1,660,000 | 17.3 |
| 2. | Tibet | 1,228,400 | 12.8 |
| 3. | Inner Mongolia | 1,183,000 | 12.3 |
| 4th | Qinghai | 721,000 | 7.51 |
| 5. | Sichuan | 485,000 | 5.05 |
| 6th | Heilongjiang | 460,000 | 4.79 |
| 7th | Gansu | 454,000 | 4.73 |
| 8th. | Yunnan | 394,000 | 4.11 |
| 9. | Guangxi | 236,700 | 2.47 |
| 10. | Hunan | 210,800 | 2.21 |
| 11. | Shaanxi | 205,800 | 2.14 |
| 12. | Hebei | 187,700 | 1.98 |
| 13. | Hubei | 187,500 | 1.95 |
| 14th | Jilin | 187,400 | 1.95 |
| 15th | Guangdong | 179,800 | 1.94 |
| 16. | Guizhou | 176,100 | 1.83 |
| 17th | Henan | 167,000 | 1.74 |
| 18th | Jiangxi | 166,900 | 1.74 |
| 19th | Shanxi | 156,800 | 1.63 |
| 20th | Shandong | 156,700 | 1.63 |
| 21st | Liaoning | 145,900 | 1.52 |
| 22nd | Anhui | 139,400 | 1.45 |
| 23. | Fujian | 121,400 | 1.26 |
| 24. | Jiangsu | 102,600 | 1.07 |
| 25th | Zhejiang | 101,800 | 1.06 |
| 26th | Chongqing | 82,403 | 0.858 |
| 27. | Ningxia | 66,000 | 0.688 |
| 28. | Hainan | 33,920 | 0.353 |
| 29 | Beijing | 16.807 | 0.175 |
| 30th | Tianjin | 11,000 | 0.124 |
| 31. | Shanghai | 6,340 | 0.066 |
| 32. | Hong Kong | 1,092 | 0.0114 |
| 33. | Macau | 27.3 | 0.000284 |
| total | 9,572,419 | 100 |