List of China administrative regions by population
This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of Mainland China (including all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities) in order of their total populations in 2002. Taiwan province, which is completely under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China, is excluded from this list. Hong Kong and Macau, which are not part of Mainland China but are special administrative regions of the PRC, are given at the end for comparison purposes.
The figures are from the 2003 Yearbook published by the Bureau of Statistics of the PRC.
See also:
- List of China administrative regions by area
- List of China administrative regions by population density
- List of China administrative regions by gross domestic product
- List of China administrative regions by GDP per capita
- List of China administrative regions by ethnic group
Total Population
- Henan 96,130,000 (7.48%)
- Shandong 90,820,000 (7.07%)
- Sichuan 86,730,000 (6.75%)
- Guangdong 78,590,000 (6.12%)
- Jiangsu 73,810,000 (5.75%)
- Hebei 67,350,000 (5.24%)
- Hunan 66,290,000 (5.16%)
- Anhui 63,380,000 (4.93%)
- Hubei 59,880,000 (4.66%)
- Guangxi 48,220,000 (3.75%)
- Zhejiang 46,470,000 (3.62%)
- Yunnan 43,330,000 (3.37%)
- Jiangxi 42,220,000 (3.29%)
- Liaoning 42,030,000 (3.27%)
- Guizhou 38,370,000 (2.99%)
- Heilongjiang 38,130,000 (2.97%)
- Shaanxi 36,740,000 (2.86%)
- Fujian 34,660,000 (2.70%)
- Shanxi 32,940,000 (2.56%)
- Chongqing 31,070,000 (2.42%)
- Jilin 26,990,000 (2.10%)
- Gansu 25,930,000 (2.02%)
- Inner Mongolia 23,790,000 (1.85%)
- Xinjiang 19,050,000 (1.48%)
- Shanghai 16,250,000 (1.27%)
- Beijing 14,230,000 (1.11%)
- Tianjin 10,070,000 (0.784%)
- Hainan 8,030,000 (0.625%)
- Ningxia 5,720,000 (0.445%)
- Qinghai 5,290,000 (0.412%)
- Tibet 2,670,000 (0.208%)
In addition:
- PLA currently in service – 2,500,000
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