China Information Index
Home | Up | 100 Largest Cities in China | Provincial Population and Area | Ethnolinguistic Groups of China

Provincial Population of China

 In millions people and tens of thousands of sq. km.

Provincial Name

CHN Name

1953  Census

1999 Estimate

2000 Census

1955 area

Henan

河南

44.215

93.87

92.56 

167

Shandong

山东

48.877

88.83

90.79 

153.3

Guangdong

广东

36.740

72.70

86.42 

231.4

Sichuan

四川

65.686[1]

85.50

83.29 

569

Jiangsu

江苏

40.933

72.13

74.38 

107.3

Hebei

河北

37.886

66.14

67.44

212.8

Hunan

湖南

33.227

65.32

64.40 

210.5

Hubei

湖北

27.790

59.38

60.28 

187.5

Anhui

安徽

30.663

62.37

59.86

139.9

Zhejiang

浙江

22.866

44.75

46.77

101.8

Guangxi

广西

17.591

47.13

44.89 

220.4

Yunnan

云南

17.473

41.92

42.88 

436.2[2]

Liaoning

辽宁

20.566

41.71

42.38

151

Jiangxi

江西

16.773

42.31

41.40 

164.8

Heilongjiang

黑龙江

11.897

37.92

36.89

463.6

Shaanxi

陕西

15.881

36.18

36.05 

195.8

Guizhou

贵州

15.037

37.10

35.25

174

Fujian

福建

13.143

33.16

34.71

123.1

Shanxi

山西

14.314

32.04

32.97

157.1

Chongqing

重庆

[3]

30.75

30.90

[4]

Jilin

吉林

11.29

26.58

27.28

187

Gansu

甘肃

12.298

25.43

25.62 

432.9

Inner Mongolia

内蒙古

7.338

23.62

23.76

1177.5

Taiwan

台湾

7.591

 

22.28

 

Xinjiang

新疆

4.874

17.74

19.25 

1646.8

Shanghai

上海

6.204

14.74

16.74

0.7

Beijing

北京

2.768

12.57

13.82

4.7

Tianjin

天津

2.694

9.59

10.01

2.3

Hainan

海南

[5]

7.62

7.87 

[6]

Hong Kong

香港

 

 

6.78

 

Ningxia

宁夏

[7]

5.43

5.62

[8]

Qinghai

青海

1.676

5.10

5.18 

721

Macau

澳门

 

 

4.4

 

Tibet

西藏

1.274

2.56

2.62 

1221.6

PLA

解放军

11.744 (other)

 

2.50

 

Back to the top


 

[1] Including Chongqing

[2] Before border treaty with Burma

[3] included in Sichuan

[4] included in Sichuan

[5] Included in Guangdong

[6] Included in Guangdong

[7] included in Gansu

[8] included in Gansu

Home | Up

This site was last updated 03/16/03