General info

Entity:
China
Capital:
Beijing
Population (2010-07-01):
1,330,141,295 (CIA)
Area:
9,596,960 sq.km.
Country code:
cn
Region:
Eastern Asia

China

Administrative units

code administrative units capital area (sq.km.) population
2000-11-01
census		 population
2008-12-31
estimate
source: National Bureau of Statistics, China.
note: Xianggang = Hong Kong
note: 2000 figures for Hong Kong and Macao relate to September 30, 2000; those for 2008 are mid-year.
note: shi = municipality; sheng = province; zizhiqu = autonomous region; tebie xingzhengqu = special administrative region (SAR) (Hong Kong and Macao).
note: total population of China includes servicemen and the population with their household registration unsettled, but does not include Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR or Taiwan.
cn-34 » Anhui Sheng Hefei 139,900 58,999,948 61,350,000
cn-92 » Aomen SAR Aomen 21 440,000 552,000
cn-11 » Beijing Shi - 16,808 13,569,194 16,950,000
cn-50 » Chongqing Shi - 82,400 30,512,763 28,390,000
cn-35 » Fujian Sheng Fuzhou 123,100 34,097,947 36,040,000
cn-62 » Gansu Sheng Lanzhou 366,500 25,124,282 26,281,200
cn-44 » Guangdong Sheng Guangzhou 197,100 85,225,007 95,440,000
cn-45 » Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu Nanning 220,400 43,854,538 48,160,000
cn-52 » Guizhou Sheng Guiyang 174,000 35,247,695 37,927,300
cn-46 » Hainan Sheng Haikou 34,300 7,559,035 8,540,000
cn-13 » Hebei Sheng Shijiazhuang 202,700 66,684,419 69,888,200
cn-23 » Heilongjiang Sheng Harbin 463,600 36,237,576 38,253,900
cn-41 » Henan Sheng Zhengzhou 167,000 91,236,854 94,290,000
cn-42 » Hubei Sheng Wuhan 187,500 59,508,870 57,110,000
cn-43 » Hunan Sheng Changsha 210,500 63,274,173 63,800,000
cn-32 » Jiangsu Sheng Nanjing 102,600 73,043,577 76,773,000
cn-36 » Jiangxi Sheng Nanchang 164,800 40,397,598 44,000,000
cn-22 » Jilin Sheng Changchun 187,000 26,802,191 27,340,000
cn-21 » Liaoning Sheng Shenyang 151,000 41,824,412 43,147,000
cn-15 » Nei Mongol Zizhiqu Huhehaote 1,177,500 23,323,347 24,137,300
cn-64 » Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu Yinchuan 66,400 5,486,393 6,176,900
cn-63 » Qinghai Sheng Xining 721,000 4,822,963 5,543,000
cn-61 » Shaanxi Sheng Xi'an 195,800 35,365,072 37,620,000
cn-37 » Shandong Sheng Jinan 153,300 89,971,789 94,172,300
cn-31 » Shanghai Shi - 6,200 16,407,734 18,884,600
cn-14 » Shanxi Sheng Taiyuan 157,100 32,471,242 34,106,100
cn-51 » Sichuan Sheng Chengdu 488,000 82,348,296 81,380,000
cn-12 » Tianjin Shi - 11,300 9,848,731 11,760,000
cn-91 » Xianggang SAR Victoria 1,104 6,780,000 6,978,000
cn-65 » Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu Wulumuqi 1,646,900 18,459,511 21,308,000
cn-54 » Xizang Zizhiqu Lhasa 1,221,600 2,616,329 2,870,000
cn-53 » Yunnan Sheng Kunming 436,200 42,360,089 45,430,000
cn-33 » Zhejiang Sheng Hangzhou 101,800 45,930,651 51,200,000
total   9,572,900 1,242,612,226 1,328,020,000

Agglomerations

name population
1998-12-31
estimate		 population
2008-12-31
estimate
Chongqing 30,596,900 32,570,500
Shanghai 13,065,800 13,910,400
Beijing 12,233,900 12,998,500
Chengdu 9,970,000 11,249,600
Harbin 9,218,300 9,898,600
Tianjin 9,050,900 9,688,700
Shijiazhuang 8,672,700 9,664,800
Wuhan 7,317,900 8,332,400
Guangzhou 6,741,400 7,841,400
Xi'an 6,682,200 7,723,000
Qingdao 6,995,700 7,615,600
Changchun 6,868,700 7,525,300
Zhengzhou 6,060,200 7,196,100
Shenyang 6,748,600 7,135,100
Nanning 2,846,300 6,916,900
Hangzhou 6,116,400 6,776,400
Changsha 5,768,800 6,451,400
Fuzhou 5,798,200 6,359,500
Nanjing 5,323,100 6,244,600
Jinan 5,535,400 6,039,900
Dalian 5,432,400 5,833,700
Ningbo 5,352,700 5,680,900
Kunming 3,895,800 5,285,200
Nanchang 4,158,400 4,947,300
Hefei 4,259,800 4,867,300
Guiyang 3,157,200 3,639,300
Taiyuan 2,956,900 3,602,300
Lanzhou 2,839,300 3,222,800
Wulumuqi (Urumqi) 1,548,800 2,360,500
Shenzhen 1,146,000 2,280,700
Huhehaote (Hohhot) 2,043,600 2,243,000
Xining 1,239,800 2,177,900
Xiamen 1,265,900 1,736,700
Haikou 527,900 1,558,200
Yinchuan 943,400 1,522,700
source: Statistical Yearbook 1999, Statistical Office, Beijing, China.
note: Counties under the jurisdiction of city governments are included.

Main cities

name population
1990-07-01
census		 population
2000-11-01
census
Shanghai 8,205,598 12,532,109
Chongqing 3,122,704 10,566,208
Guangzhou 3,918,010 8,524,826
Beijing 7,362,426 8,503,385
Wuhan 3,832,536 8,312,700
Tianjin 5,804,023 8,146,128
Shenzhen 875,176 7,008,831
Hong Kong (est.) 5,900,000 6,900,000
Dongguan .. 6,445,777
Shenyang 4,655,280 5,303,053
Chengdu 3,483,834 5,267,817
Nanjing 2,610,594 5,098,340
Shantou 884,543 4,600,927
Hangzhou 2,589,504 4,502,382
Harbin 3,597,404 4,113,708
Jinan 2,403,946 3,506,513
Dalian 3,473,832 3,245,191
Changchun 2,980,870 3,225,557
Kunming 1,611,969 3,035,406
Tangshan 1,484,515 2,978,018
Zibo 2,484,206 2,817,479
Qingdao 5,124,868 2,720,972
Wuxi 3,181,985 2,606,839
Taiyuan 2,224,580 2,558,382
Changzhou 729,893 2,502,049
Suzhou 3,273,010 2,473,138
Ningbo 3,350,851 2,422,126
Guiyang 1,664,709 2,374,270
Zhongshan .. 2,363,322
Fuzhou (Fujian Sheng) 1,395,739 2,124,435
Lanzhou 1,617,761 2,087,703
Xiamen 639,436 2,053,070
Zaozhuang 3,191,974 1,996,798
Shijiazhuang 1,372,109 1,969,975
Jilin 2,251,848 1,953,134
Linyi 1,590,160 1,938,510
Wenzhou 1,650,419 1,915,548
Putian 311,336 1,872,484
Puning .. 1,856,402
Wulumuqi (Urumqi) 1,160,775 1,753,298
Yantai 3,204,669 1,724,404
Xuzhou (Jiangsu Sheng) 1,827,306 1,679,626
Hefei 1,099,523 1,659,075
Suzhou .. 1,601,181
Liu'an .. 1,559,037
Anshan 2,478,650 1,556,285
Qiqihar 1,400,591 1,540,089
Tai'an 3,824,748 1,538,211
Datong 1,277,310 1,526,744
Taizhou .. 1,491,963
Jinjian .. 1,479,259
Fushun 1,388,011 1,434,447
Jianyang .. 1,412,523
Neijiang 1,289,184 1,391,931
Nan'an .. 1,385,276
Weifang 3,037,535 1,380,300
Daqing 996,866 1,380,051
Huainan 1,228,052 1,357,228
Suining 1,259,604 1,355,388
Bozhou .. 1,351,939
Zhanjiang 1,048,720 1,350,665
Handan 1,769,315 1,329,734
Xuanwei .. 1,292,825
Heze 1,154,798 1,280,031
Leizhou .. 1,268,298
Yangzhou 2,769,300 1,257,451
Luzhou 412,211 1,252,884
Zhuhai 331,065 1,235,437
Gaozhou .. 1,219,132
Fengcheng 1,018,911 1,216,412
Cixi .. 1,214,537
Rui'an .. 1,207,788
Lianjiang .. 1,205,764
Quanzhou 752,742 1,192,286
Bazhong .. 1,185,862
Fuqing .. 1,174,540
Lufeng .. 1,164,767
Mianyang 1,701,059 1,162,962
Wenling .. 1,162,783
Yueqing .. 1,162,765
Rizhao 1,027,724 1,148,190
Huzhou 1,027,570 1,145,414
Tianshui 1,039,750 1,144,407
Leshan .. 1,120,158
Dingzhou 1,024,589 1,107,903
Guang'an .. 1,093,103
Zhenjiang 1,280,027 1,071,636
Zhuji .. 1,070,675
Zigong 977,147 1,051,384
Jining (Shandong Sheng) 1,465,656 1,050,522
Ziyang .. 1,016,034
Huazhou .. 1,007,796
Xinyi 593,451 962,656
Jixi 835,496 910,782
Jiamusi 744,584 859,944
Mudangiang 750,585 807,194
Suihua 769,958 800,207
Nantong 1,602,029 771,386
Shuangcheng 738,722 749,182
Hailun 733,795 720,008
Tonghua 1,199,382 719,686
Hegang 647,021 694,640
Shangzhi 534,147 582,764
Lianyungang 537,355 536,816
Siping 1,395,094 492,841
Taonan 511,239 441,096
Yibin 685,192 ..
Kaifeng 693,148 ..
Pingdingshan 1,827,593 ..
Xining 697,780 ..
Hengyang 1,814,936 ..
Xinxiang 1,770,370 ..
Shaoyang 522,725 ..
Enshi 712,574 ..
Shangzhou 511,326 ..
Zhengzhou 1,752,374 ..
Dongwan 1,736,869 ..
Weihai 1,733,287 ..
Hunjiang 721,841 ..
Boshan 722,896 ..
Anlu 557,742 ..
Buizhou 563,064 ..
Zhenchu 569,378 ..
Guichi 571,068 ..
Shishou 579,415 ..
Yingcheng 583,805 ..
Huangshi 546,290 ..
Donglin 607,781 ..
Xinyu 608,213 ..
Anyang 616,803 ..
Xiangfan 2,985,978 ..
Zhaotang 619,521 ..
Xi'an 2,872,539 ..
Yuanjiang 644,301 ..
Huaiyin 2,613,804 ..
Dongying 644,494 ..
Wuxue 648,605 ..
Qianjiang 667,707 ..
Linqing 672,759 ..
Beidong 797,432 ..
Xiaocan 1,255,045 ..
Guangshui 817,331 ..
Luoyang 1,202,192 ..
Haozhou 1,198,295 ..
Nanning 1,159,099 ..
Yichun (Jiangxi Sheng) 836,105 ..
Liaocheng 838,309 ..
Yueyang 1,077,721 ..
Macheng 1,056,597 ..
Ankang 859,165 ..
Linchuan 872,657 ..
Yichun (Heilongjiang Sheng) 882,236 ..
Huangyan 888,631 ..
Ezhou 892,235 ..
Yongzhou 945,648 ..
Jingmen 1,017,021 ..
Lianyuan 1,006,665 ..
Fulin 1,004,712 ..
Qinzhou 992,399 ..
Sifen 987,301 ..
Xianyang 736,869 ..
Honghu 743,720 ..
Jiaozuo 1,578,461 ..
Xiangtan 1,531,117 ..
Zhuzhou 1,521,879 ..
Tianmen 1,484,085 ..
Changde 1,409,748 ..
Liuzhou 751,311 ..
Dengzhou 1,391,056 ..
Pinxiang 1,388,427 ..
Lichuan 764,267 ..
Guikong 1,377,391 ..
Weinan 766,268 ..
Xuchang 1,368,850 ..
Xiantao 1,361,240 ..
Jinxi 1,350,134 ..
Changsha 1,328,950 ..
Yulin (Hunan) 1,323,410 ..
Xuanzhou 768,944 ..
Jiujiang 791,224 ..
Nanchang 1,262,031 ..
source: National Bureau of Statistics, China.
source: United Nations, 1998.