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Province-level divisions
of China by:

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Republic of China (ROC) in order of their total resident populations (常住人口) at the end of 2008. It includes all provinces, autonomous regions, direct-controlled municipalities and special administrative regions.

Taiwan, ROC and Fujian, ROC, which are administrated by the Republic of China (ROC), are listed below for comparative purposes only, and the figure for Fujian Province, PRC excludes population in Fujian Province, ROC.

List

Administrative Division Population Source Comparable Country[1]
China 1,328,020,000 [2] India
Guangdong 95,440,000 [2] Philippines
Henan 94,290,000 [2] Vietnam
Shandong 94,172,300 [2] Vietnam
Sichuan 81,380,000 [2] Germany
Jiangsu 76,773,000 [2] Iran
Hebei 69,888,200 [2] Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Hunan 63,800,000 [2] France
Anhui 61,350,000 [2] United Kingdom
Hubei 57,110,000 [2] Italy
Zhejiang 51,200,000 [2] Myanmar
Guangxi[FN 1] 48,160,000 [2] South Korea
Yunnan 45,430,000 [2] Ukraine
Jiangxi 44,000,000 [2] Sudan
Liaoning 43,147,000 [2] Sudan
Heilongjiang 38,253,900 [2] Poland
Guizhou 37,927,300 [2] Poland
Shaanxi 37,620,000 [2] Poland
Fujian Province, PRC 36,040,000 [2] Algeria
Shanxi 34,106,100 [2] Canada
Chongqing[FN 2] 31,442,300 [3] Morocco
Jilin 27,340,000 [2] Venezuela
Gansu 26,281,200 [2] Saudi Arabia
Inner Mongolia[FN 1] 24,137,300 [2] Ghana
Taiwan Province, ROC[FN 3] 23,140,000 [4] Australia
Xinjiang[FN 1] 21,308,000 [2] Madagascar
Shanghai[FN 2] 19,210,000 [5] Cameroon
Beijing[FN 2] 16,950,000 [6][7] Netherlands
Tianjin[FN 2] 11,760,000 [2] Zimbabwe
Hainan 8,540,000 [2] Azerbaijan
Hong Kong[FN 4] 7,003,700 [8] Bulgaria
Ningxia[FN 1] 6,176,900 [2] Papua New Guinea
Qinghai 5,543,000 [2] Denmark
Tibet [FN 1] 2,870,000 [2] Jamaica
Macau[FN 4] 542,400 [9] Solomon Islands
Fujian Province, ROC[FN 3] 91,261 [10] Jersey

Numbers indicate the total population rather than the total resident population. China makes a difference between people holding hukou permits of their municipality, usually calling them "permanent residents", and people who have their hukou somewhere else, calling them "temporary residents." In addition, there can be large numbers of unregistered people, especially in the larger cities, which can make a reasonably exact count difficult.

Numbers referenced to the China Statistical Yearbook 2009,[2] are as per December 31, 2008. According to the methodology given in[2], the numbers "are estimated from the 2008 National Sample Survey on Population Changes."

China conducts a new national census every ten years, the next one will be in 2010.[11]

The national total population is sourced on the China Statistical Yearbook 2009, and does not include the population of Hong Kong and Macau SARs, as well as Taiwan and Fujian Provinces of the ROC, as per the China Statistical Yearbook 2009.

The "Comparable Country" column lists the countries with the closest population to each province, according to their populations as listed in the 2010 edition of the CIA world factbook.[12]

Note

Where local official data sources are available, there can be substantial differences between the Statistical Yearbook 2008 data and the local official data. This is most pronounced with Beijing and Chongqing. In June 2007, Chongqing reported on its official web site a population number that was more than 3 million higher than what was reported in the Statistical Yearbook by the end of 2008. Beijing's number, reported in March 2010, was more than 5 million higher than what was reported in the Statistical Yearbook by the end of 2008. This illustrates the difficulties of keeping track of the population in China.

Administrative Division Population Yearbook Population local Source for local
Chongqing 28,390,000 31,442,300 [3]
Beijing 16,950,000 22,000,000 [6]
Shanghai 18,884,600 19,210,000 [5]
Map of the provinces by population in millions

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e Autonomous Region
  2. ^ a b c d Direct-controlled 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

General notes

  1. ^ "CIA World Factbook 2010". Retrieved 2011-01-20.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae China Statistical Yearbook 2009. Beijing, China: China Statistics Press. 2009. p. digital version, file D0304e.xls. ISBN 978-7-5037-5800-3. Retrieved June 24, 2010. Total Population refers to the total number of people alive on the 31 December 2008. The national total population does not include the population of Hong Kong and Macau SARs, as well as Taiwan and Fujian Provinces of the ROC. Data in the table are estimates from the 2008 National Sample Survey on Population Changes. The national total population was adjusted on the basis of sampling errors and survey errors. Similar adjustments were not made to regional figures. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b "Demographic of Chongqing". Chongqing Municipal Government.
  4. ^ 中華民國統計資訊網（專業人士） (Note that the figure for Taiwan Province (including Taipei and Kaohsiung municipalities) is obtained by subtracting the ROC national population by the Fujian, ROC provincial population.)
  5. ^ a b "Shanghai's permanent population approaches 20 mln". People's Daily.
  6. ^ a b "Beijing's population exceeds 22 million". China Daily. 26 February 2010.
  7. ^ "Beijing's population exceeds 22 million". National Population and Family Planning Commission of China. 2 March 2010.
  8. ^ Hong Kong Statistics - Census and Statistics Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  9. ^ Population estimate of Macau - Statistics and Census Service, Macau SAR Government
  10. ^ 福建省政府簡報
  11. ^ China to conduct 6th population census in 2010
  12. ^ "CIA World Factbook 2010". Retrieved 2011-01-20.

Sources

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