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China

Official name:

the People's Republic of China

Name in native language:

中国

Capital:

Beijing

ISO country code

CN

Nat. statistical agency:

National Bureau of Statistics

Region:

Eastern Asia

Census Results

1766-xx-xx : 208,095,796
1812-xx-xx : 361,693,379
1833-xx-xx : 398,942,036
1887-xx-xx : 377,636,000
1911-xx-xx : 368,146,520
1953-06-30 : 582,603,417
1964-06-30 : 694,581,759
1982-07-01 : 1,008,175,288
1990-07-01 : 1,133,682,501
2000-11-01 : 1,242,612,226
2010-11-01 : 1,339,724,852

the People's Republic of China

Administrative units

code	province	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2000-11-01 census	population 2010-11-01 census
source: National Bureau of Statistics, China. note: Xianggang = Hong Kong note: For Hong Kong SAR (Xianggang) and Macao SAR population details see subpages. 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 (2.3 mln in 2010) and the population with their household registration unsettled (4649985 in 2010), but does not include Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR or Taiwan.
cn-34 »	Anhui Sheng	Hefei	139,900	58,999,948	59,500,510
cn-11 »	Beijing Shi	-	16,808	13,569,194	19,612,368
cn-50 »	Chongqing Shi	-	82,400	30,512,763	28,846,170
cn-35 »	Fujian Sheng	Fuzhou	123,100	34,097,947	36,894,216
cn-62 »	Gansu Sheng	Lanzhou	366,500	25,124,282	25,575,254
cn-44 »	Guangdong Sheng	Guangzhou	197,100	85,225,007	104,303,132
cn-45 »	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu	Nanning	220,400	43,854,538	46,026,629
cn-52 »	Guizhou Sheng	Guiyang	174,000	35,247,695	34,746,468
cn-46 »	Hainan Sheng	Haikou	34,300	7,559,035	8,671,518
cn-13 »	Hebei Sheng	Shijiazhuang	202,700	66,684,419	71,854,202
cn-23 »	Heilongjiang Sheng	Harbin	463,600	36,237,576	38,312,224
cn-41 »	Henan Sheng	Zhengzhou	167,000	91,236,854	94,023,567
cn-42 »	Hubei Sheng	Wuhan	187,500	59,508,870	57,237,740
cn-43 »	Hunan Sheng	Changsha	210,500	63,274,173	65,683,722
cn-32 »	Jiangsu Sheng	Nanjing	102,600	73,043,577	78,659,903
cn-36 »	Jiangxi Sheng	Nanchang	164,800	40,397,598	44,567,475
cn-22 »	Jilin Sheng	Changchun	187,000	26,802,191	27,462,297
cn-21 »	Liaoning Sheng	Shenyang	151,000	41,824,412	43,746,323
cn-15 »	Nei Mongol Zizhiqu	Huhehaote	1,177,500	23,323,347	24,706,321
cn-64 »	Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu	Yinchuan	66,400	5,486,393	6,301,350
cn-63 »	Qinghai Sheng	Xining	721,000	4,822,963	5,626,722
cn-61 »	Shaanxi Sheng	Xi'an	195,800	35,365,072	37,327,378
cn-37 »	Shandong Sheng	Jinan	153,300	89,971,789	95,793,065
cn-31 »	Shanghai Shi	-	6,200	16,407,734	23,019,148
cn-14 »	Shanxi Sheng	Taiyuan	157,100	32,471,242	35,712,111
cn-51 »	Sichuan Sheng	Chengdu	488,000	82,348,296	80,418,200
cn-12 »	Tianjin Shi	-	11,300	9,848,731	12,938,224
cn-65 »	Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu	Wulumuqi	1,646,900	18,459,511	21,813,334
cn-54 »	Xizang Zizhiqu	Lhasa	1,221,600	2,616,329	3,002,166
cn-53 »	Yunnan Sheng	Kunming	436,200	42,360,089	45,966,239
cn-33 »	Zhejiang Sheng	Hangzhou	101,800	45,930,651	54,426,891
cn-92 »	Aomen SAR	Aomen	21
cn-91 »	Xianggang SAR	Victoria	1,104
	total		9,572,900	1,242,612,226	1,339,724,852

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
Xi'an	2,872,539	5,345,777
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
Nanning	1,159,099	2,875,335
Zibo	2,484,206	2,817,479
Qingdao	5,124,868	2,720,972
Wuxi	3,181,985	2,606,839
Huai'an	..	2,593,915
Zhengzhou	1,752,374	2,589,387
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
Xiangyang	2,985,978	2,160,972
Fuzhou (Fujian Sheng)	1,395,739	2,124,435
Changsha	1,328,950	2,122,873
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
Nanchang	1,262,031	1,844,253
Nanchong	..	1,771,920
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
Tianmen	1,484,085	1,613,739
Suzhou	..	1,601,181
Suizhou	..	1,598,752
Nanyang	..	1,584,715
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
Luoyang	1,202,192	1,491,680
Jinjian	..	1,479,259
Xiantao	1,361,240	1,474,078
Fushun	1,388,011	1,434,447
Shangqiu	..	1,428,983
Guigang	..	1,413,128
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
Guiping	..	1,359,035
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
Changde	1,409,748	1,346,739
Yichang	..	1,337,946
Handan	1,769,315	1,329,734
Baoji	..	1,329,503
Liuyang	..	1,307,572
Xuanwei	..	1,292,825
Dengzhou	1,391,056	1,290,656
Heze	1,154,798	1,280,031
Leizhou	..	1,268,298
Yongcheng	..	1,264,607
Yangzhou	2,769,300	1,257,451
Xinyang	..	1,255,750
Luzhou	412,211	1,252,884
Zhuhai	331,065	1,235,437
Yiyang	..	1,228,881
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
Jingzhou	..	1,177,150
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
Luohe	..	1,131,007
Macheng	1,056,597	1,129,047
Yuzhou	..	1,122,669
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
Hanchuan	..	1,057,396
Zaoyang	..	1,054,374
Xiancheng	..	1,052,468
Zigong	977,147	1,051,384
Jining (Shandong Sheng)	1,465,656	1,050,522
Beiliu	..	1,049,035
Qinzhou	992,399	1,035,504
Ezhou	892,235	1,023,285
Zhongxiang	..	1,021,998
Ziyang	..	1,016,034
Huazhou	..	1,007,796
Fuzhou (Jiangxi Sheng)	872,657	1,007,391
source: National Bureau of Statistics, China. source: United Nations, 1998.