List of Chinese administrative divisions by population explained

This is a list of Chinese administrative divisions in order of their total resident populations. It includes all provinces, autonomous regions, direct-controlled municipalities and special administrative regions controlled by the Republic of China (1912–1949) or the People's Republic of China (1949–present). For the Republic of China after 1949, see List of administrative divisions of Taiwan.

Current population

Data are for mid-year 2022 and are from the National Bureau of Statistics of China unless otherwise specified.[1]

Division Total Urban Rural
Mainland China 1,433,802,600 937,590,000 508,960,000
126,570,000 94,650,000 31,920,000
101,630,000 65,590,000 36,040,000
98,720,000 56,330,000 42,390,000
85,150,000 63,370,000 21,780,000
83,740,000 48,860,000 34,880,000
74,200,000 45,750,000 28,450,000
66,040,000 39,830,000 26,210,000
65,770,000 48,260,000 17,510,000
61,270,000 36,860,000 24,410,000
58,440,000 37,790,000 20,650,000
50,470,000 28,090,000 22,380,000
46,930,000 24,270,000 22,660,000
45,280,000 28,110,000 17,170,000
41,970,000 30,640,000 11,330,000
41,880,000 29,370,000 12,510,000
39,560,000 25,320,000 14,240,000
38,560,000 21,140,000 17,420,000
34,810,000 22,260,000 12,550,000
32,130,000 22,800,000 9,330,000
30,990,000 20,520,000 10,470,000
25,870,000 14,980,000 10,890,000
24,920,000 13,510,000 11,410,000
24,750,000 22,110,000 2,640,000
24,010,000 16,470,000 7,540,000
23,480,000 14,960,000 8,520,000
21,840,000 19,130,000 2,710,000
13,630,000 11,600,000 2,030,000
10,270,000 6,310,000 3,960,000
7,472,600
7,280,000 4,830,000 2,450,000
5,950,000 3,660,000 2,290,000
3,640,000 1,360,000 2,280,000
677,300

Census data

Administrative Division 2020
[2] 		2010
[3] 		2000
[4] 		1990
[5] 		1982
[6] 		1964
[7] 		1954
[8] 		1947
[9] 		1936–37
[10] 		1928
[11] 		1912
[12]
People's Republic of China[13] 1,419,993,000 1,347,339,000 1,273,050,000 1,160,017,381 1,031,882,511 723,070,269 601,938,035
Republic of China[14] 457,111,000 469,203,000 464,904,000 410,143,000
Guangdong[15] [16] 126,012,510 104,303,132 85,225,007 62,829,236 59,299,220 42,800,849 34,770,059 27,210,000 32,453,000 32,428,000 28,011,000
Shandong[17] [18] 101,527,453 95,793,065 89,971,789 84,392,827 74,419,054 55,519,038 48,876,548 38,865,000 38,100,000 28,672,000 30,989,000
99,365,519 94,023,567 91,236,854 85,509,535 74,422,739 50,325,511 44,214,594 29,654,000 34,290,000 30,566,000 28,518,000
Sichuan[19] 83,674,866 80,418,200 82,348,296 107,218,173 99,713,310 67,956,490 62,303,999 47,437,000 52,706,000 47,992,000 48,130,000
Jiangsu[20] [21] 84,748,016 78,659,903 73,043,577 67,056,519 60,521,114 44,504,608 41,252,192 36,080,000 36,469,000 34,126,000 32,283,000
Hebei[22] [23] [24] 74,610,235 71,854,202 66,684,419 61,082,439 53,005,876 45,687,781 35,984,644 28,719,000 28,644,000 31,232,000 26,658,000
66,444,864 65,683,722 63,274,173 60,659,754 54,008,851 37,182,286 33,226,954 25,558,000 28,294,000 31,501,000 27,617,000
61,027,171 59,500,510 58,999,948 56,180,813 49,665,724 31,241,657 30,343,637 22,462,000 23,354,000 21,715,000 16,229,000
Hubei[25] 58,300,000 57,237,740 59,508,870 53,969,210 47,804,150 33,709,344 27,789,693 20,976,000 25,516,000 26,699,000 29,590,000
64,567,588 54,426,891 45,930,651 41,445,930 38,884,603 28,318,573 22,865,747 19,959,000 21,231,000 20,643,000 21,440,000
Guangxi[26] 50,126,804 46,026,629 43,854,538 42,245,765 36,420,960 20,845,017 19,560,822 14,636,000 13,385,000 13,648,000 7,879,000
47,209,277 45,966,239 42,360,089 36,972,610 32,553,817 20,509,525 17,472,737 9,066,000 12,042,000 13,821,000 9,468,000
45,188,635 44,567,475 40,397,598 37,710,281 33,184,827 21,068,019 16,772,865 12,507,000 15,805,000 20,323,000 23,988,000
Liaoning[27] [28] [29] 42,591,407 43,746,323 41,824,412 39,459,697 35,721,693 26,946,200 18,545,147 10,007,000 15,254,000 15,233,000 12,133,000
41,540,086 36,894,216 34,097,947 30,097,274 25,931,106 16,757,223 13,142,721 11,143,000 11,756,000 10,071,000 15,849,000
Shaanxi[30] 39,528,999 37,327,378 35,365,072 32,882,403 28,904,423 20,766,915 15,881,281 10,011,000 9,780,000 11,802,000 9,364,000
Heilongjiang[31] [32] 31,850,088 38,312,224 36,237,576 35,214,873 32,665,546 20,118,271 11,897,309 2,844,000 3,751,000 3,725,000 2,029,000
34,915,616 37,022,111 32,471,242 28,759,014 25,291,389 18,015,067 14,314,485 15,247,000 11,601,000 12,228,000 10,082,000
38,562,148 35,806,468 35,247,695 32,391,066 28,552,997 17,140,521 15,037,310 10,174,000 9,919,000 14,746,000 9,665,000
Chongqing[33] 32,054,159 28,846,170 30,512,763 986,000
24,073,453 27,462,297 26,802,191 24,658,721 22,560,053 15,668,663 11,290,073 6,465,000 7,354,000 7,635,000 5,580,000
Gansu[34] 25,019,831 25,575,254 25,124,282 22,371,141 19,569,261 12,630,569 12,928,102 7,091,000 6,716,000 6,281,000 4,990,000
24,049,155 24,706,321 23,323,347 21,456,798 19,274,279 12,348,638 6,100,104
24,870,895 23,019,148 16,407,734 13,341,896 11,859,748 10,816,458 6,204,417 4,630,000 3,727,000
25,852,345 21,813,334 18,459,511 15,155,778 13,081,681 7,270,067 4,873,608 4,047,000 4,360,000 2,552,000 2,098,000
Beijing[35] 21,893,095 19,612,368 13,569,194 10,819,407 9,230,687 7,568,495 2,768,149 1,722,0001,551,000
13,866,009 12,938,224 9,848,731 8,785,402 7,764,141 2,693,831 1,773,000 1,218,000
10,081,232 9,261,518 7,559,035 6,557,482
[36] 7,474,200 7,061,200 6,708,389
7,202,654 6,176,900 5,486,393 4,655,451 3,895,578 759,000 978,000 1,450,000 303,000
5,923,957 5,626,722 4,822,963 4,456,946 3,895,706 2,145,604 1,676,534 1,308,000 1,196,000 619,000 368,000
Tibet[37] 3,648,100 3,002,166 2,616,329 2,196,010 1,892,393 1,251,225 1,273,969
[38] 683,218 552,503 435,235
Rehe[39] 5,160,822 6,197,000 6,593,000 4,630,000
Xikang[40] 3,381,064 1,697,000 890,000
Qahar[41] 2,186,000 1,997,000 1,622,000
Suiyuan[42] 2,233,000 2,124,000 630,000
Nanjing 1,114,000
Qingdao 851,000
Xi'an[43] 628,000
Dongsheng
Weihai 222,000
Liaodong[44] [45] 2,992,000
Liaobei[46] 4,629,000
Songjiang[47] 2,571,000
Hejiang[48] 1,841,000
Nenjiang[49] 3,333,000
Xing'an[50] 328,000
Guangzhou 1,128,000
Wuhan[51] 722,000
Shenyang 1,021,000
Dalian[52] 544,000
Harbin 760,000
Taiwan[53] 7,591,298

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Main Data of the Seventh National Population Census . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210511031334/http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202105/t20210510_1817185.html . May 11, 2021 .
  3. Web site: Communiqué of the National Bureau of Statistics of People's Republic of China on Major Figures of the 2010 Population Census . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130727021210/http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/newsandcomingevents/t20110429_402722516.htm . July 27, 2013 .
  4. Web site: . zh:现将2000年第五次全国人口普查快速汇总的人口地区分布数据公布如下 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120829052024/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020331_15435.htm . 2012-08-29 .
  5. Web site: . zh:中华人民共和国国家统计局关于一九九〇年人口普查主要数据的公报 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120619002216/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16772.htm . 2012-06-19 .
  6. Web site: . zh:中华人民共和国国家统计局关于一九八二年人口普查主要数字的公报 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120510075429/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16769.htm . 2012-05-10 .
  7. Web site: . zh:第二次全国人口普查结果的几项主要统计数字 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120914173158/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/rkpcgb/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16768.htm . 2012-09-14 .
  8. Web site: . zh:中华人民共和国国家统计局关于第一次全国人口调查登记结果的公报 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090805174810/http://www.stats.gov.cn/TJGB/RKPCGB/qgrkpcgb/t20020404_16767.htm . 2009-08-05 .
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  10. Web site: ja:1936-37年中国人口. http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo4.htm. 6 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032925/http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo4.htm#. 2015-09-24. live.
  11. Web site: ja:1928年中国人口. http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo3.htm. 6 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032924/http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo3.htm#. 2015-09-24. live.
  12. Web site: ja:1912年中国人口. http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo2.html. 6 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032922/http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/COE/Japanese/discussionpapers/DP97.9/fhyo2.html#. 2015-09-24. live.
  13. Population controlled by People's Republic of China and including Hong Kong and Macau
  14. Population controlled by Republic of China
  15. Hainan Province was part of Guangdong Province until 1988
  16. Guangzhou was separate from Guangdong Province from 1947-1954
  17. Qingdao part of Shandong Province until 1929; dissolved in 1949 and incorporated into Shandong
  18. Weihai also known as Weihaiwei. Established in 1930; dissolved in 1945 and incorporated into Shandong
  19. Chongqing was part of Sichuan Province until 1939 and 1954 to 1997
  20. Shanghai was part of Jiangsu Province until 1927
  21. Nanjing part of Jiangsu Province until 1927; dissolved in 1952 and incorporated into Jiangsu
  22. Hebei was known as Zhili until 1928
  23. Beijing was part of Hebei Province until 1928
  24. Tianjin was part of Hebei Province until 1928 and 1954 to 1967
  25. Wuhan (Hankou) part of Hubei Province until 1927; dissolved in 1949 and incorporated into Hubei
  26. Autonomous Region
  27. Liaoning was known as Fengtian until 1929
  28. Shenyang part of Liaoning Province until 1947; dissolved in 1954 and incorporated into Liaoning
  29. Dalian part of Liaoning Province until 1947; dissolved in 1954 and incorporated into Liaoning
  30. Xi'an part of Shaanxi Province until 1947; dissolved in 1954 and incorporated into Shaanxi
  31. Established in 1923; dissolved in 1932 and incorporated into Manchukuo / Heilongjiang (present)
  32. Harbin part of Heilongjiang Province until 1947-1949 and 1953-1954
  33. Direct-controlled municipality
  34. Ningxia was part of Gansu until 1929 and 1954-1958
  35. Beijing was known as Beiping in 1928 until 1949
  36. Special Administrative Region of China since 1 July 1997; previously, from 26 January 1841 until 1 July 1997 known as British Hong Kong.
  37. Controlled by Kingdom of Tibet from 1912 to 1951. Controlled by People's Republic of China after 1951
  38. Special Administrative Region of China since 20 December 1999; previously, from 1557 until 20 December 1999 known as Portuguese Macau.
  39. Incorporated into a province in 1928; dissolved in 1955 and incorporated into Hebei, Liaoning, & Inner Mongolia
  40. Incorporated into a province in 1939; dissolved in 1955 and incorporated into Sichuan and Tibet
  41. Incorporated into a province in 1928; dissolved in 1952 and incorporated into Inner Mongolia, Beijing & Hebei
  42. Incorporated into a province in 1928; dissolved in 1954 and incorporated into Inner Mongolia
  43. Xi'an fail to split from Shannxi in 1933; Xi'an was known as Xijing in 1933 until 1943
  44. Liaodong was known as Andong in 1947 until 1949
  45. Split from Liaoning Province in 1947; dissolved in 1954 and incorporated into Liaoning
  46. Split from Liaoning Province in 1947; dissolved in 1949 and incorporated into Inner Mongolia and Liaoning
  47. Split from Jilin Province in 1947; dissolved in 1955 and incorporated into Heilongjiang
  48. Split from Jilin Province in 1947; dissolved in 1949 and incorporated into Songjiang
  49. Split from Heilongjiang Province in 1947; dissolved in 1949 and incorporated into Heilongjiang
  50. Split from Heilongjiang Province in 1947; dissolved in 1949 and incorporated into Inner Mongolia
  51. Part of Wuhan was known as Hankou
  52. Dalian was known as Lüda (Lyuda) in 1950 until 1954
  53. [Taiwan under Japanese rule|Controlled]

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