List of Chinese administrative divisions by population

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Province-level
Administrative divisions of the
People's Republic of China by:
Area
Population
Population density
GDP
GDP per capita
HDI
Highest point
Natural growth rate
Life expectancy
Illiteracy rate
Tax Revenues
Historical capitals

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Republic of China (ROC), including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions, in order of their total resident populations (常住人口) at the end of 2007.

Taiwan, ROC and Fujian, ROC, which are at this point of time under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (ROC) and hence have their own administration zoning, are added for comparative purposes only, and the figure for Fujian Province, PRC excludes population in Fujian Province, ROC.

Rank Administrative Division Population Comparable country
(country rank worldwide)
China 1,328,790,000
1 Guangdong 110,000,000  Mexico (11)
2 Shandong 93,670,000  Vietnam (13) +  Sierra Leone (107)
3 Henan 93,600,000  Ethiopia (15) +  Guatemala (66)
4 Sichuan 81,270,000  Germany (14)
5 Jiangsu 76,245,000  Egypt (16)
6 Hebei 69,430,000  Iran (18)
7 Hunan 63,550,000  Thailand (21)
8 Anhui 61,180,000  United Kingdom (22)
9 Hubei 56,990,000  Italy (23)
10 Zhejiang 50,600,000  Myanmar (24)
11 Guangxi[1] 47,680,000  South Korea (26)
12 Yunnan 45,140,000  Spain (28)
13 Jiangxi 43,680,000  Colombia (29)
14 Liaoning 42,980,000  Sudan (31)
15 Guizhou 37,620,000  Kenya (32)
16 Heilongjiang 38,240,000  Argentina (33)
17 Shaanxi 37,480,000  Poland (34)
18 Fujian 35,810,000  Algeria (35)
19 Shanxi 33,930,000  Canada (36)
20 Chongqing[2] 28,160,000 Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal (40)
21 Jilin 27,30,000  Uzbekistan (45)
22 Gansu 26,170,000  Saudi Arabia (45)
23 Inner Mongolia[1] 24,050,000  North Korea (47)
Taiwan Province, ROC[3] 22,980,000
24 Xinjiang[1] 20,950,000  Mozambique (51)
25 Shanghai[2] 18,580,000  Cameroon (58)
26 Beijing[2] 16,330,000  Netherlands (61)
27 Tianjin[2] 11,150,000  Greece (73)
28 Hainan 8,450,000  Austria (92)
29 Hong Kong[4] 6,960,000  Tajikistan (98)
30 Ningxia[1] 6,100,000  Paraguay (102)
31 Qinghai 5,520,000  Denmark (108)
32 Tibet [1] 2,840,000  Kuwait (136)
33 Macau[4] 540,000  Solomon Islands (164)
Fujian Province, ROC[3] 90,000

Parentheses indicate the total population rather than the total resident population. The former may be less reflective of population changes due to migration.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Autonomous Region
  2. ^ a b c d Municipality
  3. ^ a b Province of the ROC. Figures for Taiwan Province, ROC include values from within Taipei City and Kaohsiung City.
  4. ^ a b Special Administrative Region

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