General info

Entity:
China
Capital:
Beijing
Population (2008-07-01):
1,330,044,605 (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
2005-12-31
estimate
source: National Bureau of Statistics, China.
note: a 1% sample census puts the 2005-11-01 population of China at 1,306,280,000.
note: Xianggang = Hong Kong
note: 2000 figures for Hong Kong and Macao relate to September 30, 2000.
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 61,200,000
cn-92 Aomen SAR Aomen 21 440,000 487,000
cn-11 Beijing Shi - 16,808 13,569,194 15,380,000
cn-50 Chongqing Shi - 82,400 30,512,763 27,980,000
cn-35 Fujian Sheng Fuzhou 123,100 34,097,947 35,350,000
cn-62 Gansu Sheng Lanzhou 366,500 25,124,282 25,940,000
cn-44 Guangdong Sheng Guangzhou 197,100 85,225,007 91,940,000
cn-45 Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu Nanning 220,400 43,854,538 46,600,000
cn-52 Guizhou Sheng Guiyang 174,000 35,247,695 37,300,000
cn-46 Hainan Sheng Haikou 34,300 7,559,035 8,280,000
cn-13 Hebei Sheng Shijiazhuang 202,700 66,684,419 68,510,000
cn-23 Heilongjiang Sheng Harbin 463,600 36,237,576 38,200,000
cn-41 Henan Sheng Zhengzhou 167,000 91,236,854 93,800,000
cn-42 Hubei Sheng Wuhan 187,500 59,508,870 57,100,000
cn-43 Hunan Sheng Changsha 210,500 63,274,173 63,260,000
cn-32 Jiangsu Sheng Nanjing 102,600 73,043,577 74,750,000
cn-36 Jiangxi Sheng Nanchang 164,800 40,397,598 43,110,000
cn-22 Jilin Sheng Changchun 187,000 26,802,191 27,160,000
cn-21 Liaoning Sheng Shenyang 151,000 41,824,412 42,210,000
cn-15 Nei Mongol Zizhiqu Huhehaote 1,177,500 23,323,347 23,860,000
cn-64 Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu Yinchuan 66,400 5,486,393 5,960,000
cn-63 Qinghai Sheng Xining 721,000 4,822,963 5,430,000
cn-61 Shaanxi Sheng Xi'an 195,800 35,365,072 37,200,000
cn-37 Shandong Sheng Jinan 153,300 89,971,789 92,480,000
cn-31 Shanghai Shi - 6,200 16,407,734 17,780,000
cn-14 Shanxi Sheng Taiyuan 157,100 32,471,242 33,550,000
cn-51 Sichuan Sheng Chengdu 488,000 82,348,296 82,120,000
cn-12 Tianjin Shi - 11,300 9,848,731 10,430,000
cn-91 Xianggang SAR Victoria 1,038 6,780,000 6,966,000
cn-65 Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu Wulumuqi 1,646,900 18,459,511 20,100,000
cn-54 Xizang Zizhiqu Lhasa 1,221,600 2,616,329 2,770,000
cn-53 Yunnan Sheng Kunming 436,200 42,360,089 44,500,000
cn-33 Zhejiang Sheng Hangzhou 101,800 45,930,651 48,980,000
total   9,572,900 1,242,612,226 1,307,560,000

Agglomerations

name population
1998-12-31
estimate
Chongqing 30,596,900
Shanghai 13,065,800
Beijing 12,233,900
Chengdu 9,970,000
Harbin 9,218,300
Tianjin 9,050,900
Shijiazhuang 8,672,700
Wuhan 7,317,900
Qingdao 6,995,700
Changchun 6,868,700
Shenyang 6,748,600
Guangzhou 6,741,400
Xi'an 6,682,200
Hangzhou 6,116,400
Zhengzhou 6,060,200
Fuzhou 5,798,200
Changsha 5,768,800
Jinan 5,535,400
Dalian 5,432,400
Ningbo 5,352,700
Nanjing 5,323,100
Hefei 4,259,800
Nanchang 4,158,400
Kunming 3,895,800
Guiyang 3,157,200
Taiyuan 2,956,900
Nanning 2,846,300
Lanzhou 2,839,300
Huhehaote (Hohhot) 2,043,600
Wulumuqi (Urumqi) 1,548,800
Xiamen 1,265,900
Xining 1,239,800
Shenzhen 1,146,000
Yinchuan 943,400
Haikou 527,900
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		 population
2000-11-01
census
Aksu 243,448 ..
Altay 128,626 ..
Anda 452,849 ..
Ankang 859,165 ..
Anlu 557,742 ..
Anqing 464,112 582,751
Anshan 2,478,650 1,556,285
Anshun 657,856 ..
Anyang 616,803 ..
Artux 163,710 ..
Baicheng 335,043 ..
Baihua 488,343 ..
Baise 297,377 ..
Baiyin 382,654 ..
Baoji 452,286 ..
Bei'an 343,909 ..
Beidong 797,432 ..
Beihai 229,907 ..
Beijing 7,362,426 8,503,385
Bengbu 695,040 809,399
Bodong 116,470 ..
Boshan 722,896 ..
Bozhou .. 1,351,939
Buizhou 563,064 ..
Changchun 2,980,870 ..
Changde 1,409,748 ..
Changji 206,594 ..
Changsha 1,328,950 ..
Changzhou 729,893 ..
Chaohu 759,557 778,864
Chengdu 3,483,834 ..
Chenzhou 233,917 ..
Chizhou .. 555,489
Chongqing 3,122,704 ..
Chuzhou 416,926 493,735
Da'an 403,897 ..
Dalian 3,473,832 3,245,191
Dangyang 446,324 ..
Danjiangkou 460,413 ..
Daqing 996,866 ..
Datong 1,277,310 1,526,744
Daxian 295,202 ..
Dayuan 408,466 ..
Dengzhou 1,391,056 ..
Deyang 1,286,664 ..
Dezhou 321,381 ..
Dingzhou 1,024,589 1,107,903
Dong chuan 279,456 ..
Dongguan .. 6,445,777
Donglin 607,781 ..
Dongsen 147,026 ..
Dongshan 1,413,036 ..
Dongwan 1,736,869 ..
Dongying 644,494 ..
Dunhua 477,127 ..
Dunhuang 112,756 ..
Duyan 417,154 ..
Enshi 712,574 ..
Ezhou 892,235 ..
Fengcheng 1,018,911 1,216,412
Foshan 429,410 5,337,709
Fu'an 525,580 ..
Fujin 351,645 ..
Fulin 1,004,712 ..
Fushun 1,388,011 1,434,447
Fuyang 232,349 1,719,057
Fuyu 944,932 ..
Fuzhou (Fujian Sheng) 1,395,739 ..
Ganzhou 391,454 ..
Gaozhou .. 1,219,132
Guangshui 817,331 ..
Guangyuan 859,913 ..
Guangzhou 3,918,010 8,524,826
Guichi 571,068 ..
Guikong 1,377,391 ..
Guilin 557,346 ..
Guiyang 1,664,709 ..
Haikou 410,050 ..
Hailar 199,600 ..
Hailun 733,795 ..
Hami 212,104 ..
Hancheng 345,502 ..
Handan 1,769,315 1,329,734
Hangzhou 2,589,504 ..
Hanzhong 441,706 ..
Haozhou 1,198,295 ..
Harbin 3,597,404 ..
Hebi 377,346 ..
Hechi 289,844 ..
Hefei 1,099,523 1,659,075
Hegang 647,021 ..
Heihe 123,095 ..
Hengyang 1,814,936 ..
Hetian 137,824 ..
Heze 1,154,798 ..
Homa 178,480 ..
Hong Kong (1995 est.) 6,190,000 ..
Honghu 743,720 ..
Houzhou 248,163 ..
Hua 339,371 ..
Huaibei 535,823 741,195
Huainan 1,228,052 1,357,228
Huaiyin 2,613,804 ..
Huangshan 376,521 406,200
Huangshi 546,290 ..
Huangyan 888,631 ..
Huazhou .. 1,007,796
Huizhou 274,689 1,454,508
Hunanghua 353,330 ..
Hunjiang 721,841 ..
Huzhou 1,027,570 ..
Ji'an 288,501 ..
Jiamusi 744,584 ..
Jiangmen 284,935 1,468,742
Jiaojing 394,516 ..
Jiaozuo 1,578,461 ..
Jiaxing 1,358,733 ..
Jiayuguan 109,987 ..
Jieshou 642,474 640,878
Jilin 2,251,848 ..
Jinan 2,403,946 ..
Jinchang 677,045 ..
Jingdezhen 369,995 ..
Jingmen 1,017,021 ..
Jinhua 2,215,666 ..
Jining (Shandong Sheng) 1,465,656 ..
Jining (Shanxi Sheng) 193,085 ..
Jinxi 1,350,134 ..
Jisou 230,621 ..
Jiujiang 791,224 ..
Jiuquan 294,080 ..
Jixi 835,496 ..
Kaifeng 693,148 ..
Kaili 382,026 ..
Karamay 173,926 ..
Kashi 214,624 ..
Korla 203,025 ..
Kunming 1,611,969 3,035,406
Lanzhou 1,617,761 ..
Leizhou .. 1,268,298
Lengshuijiang 316,362 ..
Lengshuitan 403,684 ..
Lhasa 139,822 ..
Lianjiang .. 1,205,764
Lianyuan 1,006,665 ..
Lianyungang 537,355 ..
Liaocheng 838,309 ..
Lichuan 764,267 ..
Linchuan 872,657 ..
Linhai 980,541 ..
Linhe 425,973 ..
Linqing 672,759 ..
Linxia 168,714 ..
Linyi 1,590,160 ..
Lishui 323,933 ..
Liu'an .. 1,559,037
Liupanshui 1,844,471 ..
Liuzhou 751,311 ..
Longyan 433,621 ..
Longzing 279,611 ..
Loudi 300,428 ..
Lu'an 191,447 ..
Lufeng .. 1,164,767
Luohe 187,792 ..
Luoyang 1,202,192 ..
Luzhou 412,211 ..
Ma'anshan 444,586 567,576
Macheng 1,056,597 ..
Manzhouli 137,790 ..
Mianyang 1,701,059 ..
Mingguang .. 569,585
Mishan 366,998 ..
Mudangiang 750,585 ..
Nanchang 1,262,031 ..
Nanchong 279,178 ..
Nanjing 2,610,594 ..
Nanning 1,159,099 ..
Nanping 466,995 ..
Nantong 1,602,029 ..
Nanyang 374,600 ..
Neijiang 1,289,184 ..
Ningbo 3,350,851 ..
Ningde 361,223 ..
Ningguo .. 381,842
Panzhihua 631,572 ..
Pingdingshan 1,827,593 ..
Pingliang 386,325 ..
Pinxiang 1,388,427 ..
Puning .. 1,856,402
Puqi 416,634 ..
Putian 311,336 ..
Puyang 302,077 ..
Qianjiang 667,707 ..
Qingdao 5,124,868 ..
Qingtongxia 215,040 ..
Qinzhou 992,399 ..
Qiqihar 1,400,591 ..
Qitaihe 445,216 ..
Quanzhou 752,742 ..
Quzhou 727,256 ..
Rizhao 1,027,724 ..
Sanmenxia 309,543 ..
Sanming 585,646 ..
Sanya 306,948 ..
Shanghai 8,205,598 ..
Shangqiu 244,581 ..
Shangrao 167,570 ..
Shangzhi 534,147 ..
Shangzhou 511,326 ..
Shantou 884,543 4,600,927
Shaowu 298,694 ..
Shaoxing 1,271,268 ..
Shaoyang 522,725 ..
Shashi 360,045 ..
Shenyang 4,655,280 5,303,053
Shenzhen 875,176 7,008,831
Shihezi 170,631 ..
Shijiazhuang 1,372,109 1,969,975
Shishou 579,415 ..
Shiyan 400,823 ..
Shizuishan 282,945 ..
Shouzhou 469,903 ..
Shuangcheng 738,722 ..
Shuangyashan 469,959 ..
Sifen 987,301 ..
Siping 1,395,094 ..
Suihua 769,958 ..
Suinin 1,259,604 ..
Suzhou 3,273,010 ..
Suzhou .. 1,601,181
Tai'an 3,824,748 ..
Taiyuan 2,224,580 2,558,382
Tanchun 183,755 ..
Tangshan 1,484,515 2,978,018
Taonan 511,239 ..
Tianchang .. 590,745
Tianjin 5,804,023 8,146,128
Tianmen 1,484,085 ..
Tianshui 1,039,750 ..
Tieli 324,831 ..
Tongcheng .. 660,772
Tongchuan 414,031 ..
Tonghua 1,199,382 ..
Tongling 256,458 362,477
Tongren 284,344 ..
Tumen 122,579 ..
Turpan 200,092 ..
Ulan Hot 229,136 ..
Uthan 310,037 ..
Wanxian 314,392 ..
Weifang 3,037,535 ..
Weihai 1,733,287 ..
Weinan 766,268 ..
Wenzhou 1,650,419 ..
Wuchuang 243,141 ..
Wuhan 3,832,536 ..
Wuhu 552,932 697,197
Wulumuqi (Urumqi) 1,160,775 ..
Wuwei 863,999 ..
Wuxi 3,181,985 ..
Wuxue 648,605 ..
Wuyishan 206,620 ..
Wuzhou 298,915 ..
Xi'an 2,872,539 ..
Xiamen 639,436 ..
Xiangfan 2,985,978 ..
Xiangtan 1,531,117 ..
Xiangtan (Hebei Sheng) 396,001 ..
Xiannin 454,971 ..
Xiantao 1,361,240 ..
Xianyang 736,869 ..
Xiaocan 1,255,045 ..
Xichang 481,196 ..
Xifeng 270,435 ..
Xining 697,780 ..
Xinji 581,982 ..
Xinxiang 1,770,370 ..
Xinyang 273,175 ..
Xinyi 593,451 ..
Xinyu 608,213 ..
Xinzhu 434,062 ..
Xuancheng .. 822,707
Xuanwei .. 1,292,825
Xuanzhou 768,944 ..
Xuchang 1,368,850 ..
Xuzhou 257,705 ..
Xuzhou (Jiangsu Sheng) 1,827,306 ..
Ya'an 297,590 ..
Yakumshi 416,043 ..
Yan'an 317,313 ..
Yangzhou 2,769,300 ..
Yanji 293,069 ..
Yantai 3,204,669 ..
Yibin 685,192 ..
Yichang 492,286 ..
Yichun (Heilongjiang Sheng) 882,236 ..
Yichun (Jiangxi Sheng) 836,105 ..
Yinchuan 502,080 ..
Yingcheng 583,805 ..
Yining 257,073 ..
Yintan 135,222 ..
Yiyang 417,667 ..
Yongzhou 945,648 ..
Yuanjiang 644,301 ..
Yuci 467,127 ..
Yueyang 1,077,721 ..
Yulin (Hunan) 1,323,410 ..
Yulin (Shanxi) 369,335 ..
Yumen 158,610 ..
Zalantun 402,418 ..
Zaozhuang 3,191,974 ..
Zhangshu 489,178 ..
Zhangye 430,513 ..
Zhangzhou 341,637 ..
Zhanjiang 1,048,720 1,350,665
Zhaotang 619,521 ..
Zhenchu 569,378 ..
Zhengzhou 1,752,374 ..
Zhenjiang 1,280,027 ..
Zhongshan .. 2,363,322
Zhoukou 245,718 ..
Zhoushan 672,267 ..
Zhuhai 331,065 1,235,437
Zhumadian 249,162 ..
Zhuzhou 1,521,879 ..
Zibo 2,484,206 ..
Zicheng 384,703 ..
Zigong 977,147 ..
Zixing 360,813 ..
Zunyi 391,837 ..
Zuozhou 486,589 ..
source: National Bureau of Statistics, China.
source: United Nations, 1998.