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
2006-12-31
estimate
source: National Bureau of Statistics, China.
note: Xianggang = Hong Kong
note: 2000 figures for Hong Kong and Macao relate to September 30, 2000; 2006 numbers are for mid-year, not end of 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 61,200,000
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 1,314,480,000

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
Anda 452,849 ..
Ankang 859,165 ..
Anlu 557,742 ..
Anshan 2,478,650 1,556,285
Anyang 616,803 ..
Baicheng 335,043 ..
Baihua 488,343 ..
Baiyin 382,654 ..
Baoji 452,286 ..
Bazhong .. 1,185,862
Bei'an 343,909 ..
Beidong 797,432 ..
Beijing 7,362,426 8,503,385
Boshan 722,896 ..
Bozhou .. 1,351,939
Buizhou 563,064 ..
Changchun 2,980,870 ..
Changde 1,409,748 ..
Changsha 1,328,950 ..
Changzhou 729,893 ..
Chengdu 3,483,834 5,267,817
Chongqing 3,122,704 10,566,208
Cixi .. 1,214,537
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
Dayuan 408,466 ..
Dengzhou 1,391,056 ..
Dezhou 321,381 ..
Dingzhou 1,024,589 1,107,903
Dongguan .. 6,445,777
Donglin 607,781 ..
Dongshan 1,413,036 ..
Dongwan 1,736,869 ..
Dongying 644,494 ..
Dunhua 477,127 ..
Enshi 712,574 ..
Ezhou 892,235 ..
Fengcheng 1,018,911 1,216,412
Foshan 429,410 5,337,709
Fujin 351,645 ..
Fulin 1,004,712 ..
Fuqing .. 1,174,540
Fushun 1,388,011 1,434,447
Fuyu 944,932 ..
Fuzhou (Fujian Sheng) 1,395,739 2,124,435
Ganzhou 391,454 ..
Gaozhou .. 1,219,132
Guang'an .. 1,093,103
Guangshui 817,331 ..
Guangzhou 3,918,010 8,524,826
Guichi 571,068 ..
Guikong 1,377,391 ..
Guiyang 1,664,709 2,374,270
Haikou 410,050 ..
Hailun 733,795 ..
Hancheng 345,502 ..
Handan 1,769,315 1,329,734
Hangzhou 2,589,504 4,502,382
Hanzhong 441,706 ..
Haozhou 1,198,295 ..
Harbin 3,597,404 ..
Hebi 377,346 ..
Hefei 1,099,523 1,659,075
Hegang 647,021 ..
Hengyang 1,814,936 ..
Heze 1,154,798 ..
Hong Kong (est.) 5,900,000 6,900,000
Honghu 743,720 ..
Hua 339,371 ..
Huainan 1,228,052 1,357,228
Huaiyin 2,613,804 ..
Huangshi 546,290 ..
Huangyan 888,631 ..
Huazhou .. 1,007,796
Hunanghua 353,330 ..
Hunjiang 721,841 ..
Huzhou 1,027,570 1,145,414
Jiamusi 744,584 ..
Jianyang .. 1,412,523
Jiaojing 394,516 ..
Jiaozuo 1,578,461 ..
Jilin 2,251,848 ..
Jinan 2,403,946 3,506,513
Jinchang 677,045 ..
Jingdezhen 369,995 ..
Jingmen 1,017,021 ..
Jining (Shandong Sheng) 1,465,656 1,050,522
Jinjian .. 1,479,259
Jinxi 1,350,134 ..
Jiujiang 791,224 ..
Jixi 835,496 ..
Kaifeng 693,148 ..
Kunming 1,611,969 3,035,406
Lanzhou 1,617,761 ..
Leizhou .. 1,268,298
Lengshuijiang 316,362 ..
Lengshuitan 403,684 ..
Leshan .. 1,120,158
Lianjiang .. 1,205,764
Lianyuan 1,006,665 ..
Lianyungang 537,355 ..
Liaocheng 838,309 ..
Lichuan 764,267 ..
Linchuan 872,657 ..
Linhe 425,973 ..
Linqing 672,759 ..
Linyi 1,590,160 ..
Liu'an .. 1,559,037
Liuzhou 751,311 ..
Loudi 300,428 ..
Lufeng .. 1,164,767
Luoyang 1,202,192 ..
Luzhou 412,211 1,252,884
Macheng 1,056,597 ..
Mianyang 1,701,059 1,162,962
Mishan 366,998 ..
Mudangiang 750,585 ..
Nan'an .. 1,385,276
Nanchang 1,262,031 ..
Nanjing 2,610,594 ..
Nanning 1,159,099 ..
Nantong 1,602,029 ..
Nanyang 374,600 ..
Neijiang 1,289,184 1,391,931
Ningbo 3,350,851 2,422,126
Pingdingshan 1,827,593 ..
Pingliang 386,325 ..
Pinxiang 1,388,427 ..
Puning .. 1,856,402
Puqi 416,634 ..
Putian 311,336 1,872,484
Puyang 302,077 ..
Qianjiang 667,707 ..
Qingdao 5,124,868 2,720,972
Qinzhou 992,399 ..
Qiqihar 1,400,591 ..
Qitaihe 445,216 ..
Quanzhou 752,742 1,192,286
Rizhao 1,027,724 ..
Rui'an .. 1,207,788
Sanmenxia 309,543 ..
Sanya 306,948 ..
Shanghai 8,205,598 ..
Shangzhi 534,147 ..
Shangzhou 511,326 ..
Shantou 884,543 4,600,927
Shaoyang 522,725 ..
Shashi 360,045 ..
Shenyang 4,655,280 5,303,053
Shenzhen 875,176 7,008,831
Shijiazhuang 1,372,109 1,969,975
Shishou 579,415 ..
Shiyan 400,823 ..
Shouzhou 469,903 ..
Shuangcheng 738,722 ..
Shuangyashan 469,959 ..
Sifen 987,301 ..
Siping 1,395,094 ..
Suihua 769,958 ..
Suining 1,259,604 1,355,388
Suzhou .. 1,601,181
Suzhou 3,273,010 ..
Tai'an 3,824,748 ..
Taiyuan 2,224,580 2,558,382
Taizhou .. 1,491,963
Tangshan 1,484,515 2,978,018
Taonan 511,239 ..
Tianjin 5,804,023 8,146,128
Tianmen 1,484,085 ..
Tianshui 1,039,750 ..
Tieli 324,831 ..
Tongchuan 414,031 ..
Tonghua 1,199,382 ..
Uthan 310,037 ..
Wanxian 314,392 ..
Weifang 3,037,535 ..
Weihai 1,733,287 ..
Weinan 766,268 ..
Wenling .. 1,162,783
Wenzhou 1,650,419 1,915,548
Wuhan 3,832,536 8,312,700
Wulumuqi (Urumqi) 1,160,775 ..
Wuwei 863,999 ..
Wuxi 3,181,985 ..
Wuxue 648,605 ..
Xi'an 2,872,539 ..
Xiamen 639,436 2,053,070
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 ..
Xining 697,780 ..
Xinxiang 1,770,370 ..
Xinyi 593,451 ..
Xinyu 608,213 ..
Xinzhu 434,062 ..
Xuanwei .. 1,292,825
Xuanzhou 768,944 ..
Xuchang 1,368,850 ..
Xuzhou (Jiangsu Sheng) 1,827,306 ..
Yakumshi 416,043 ..
Yan'an 317,313 ..
Yangzhou 2,769,300 ..
Yantai 3,204,669 ..
Yibin 685,192 ..
Yichang 492,286 ..
Yichun (Heilongjiang Sheng) 882,236 ..
Yichun (Jiangxi Sheng) 836,105 ..
Yingcheng 583,805 ..
Yiyang 417,667 ..
Yongzhou 945,648 ..
Yuanjiang 644,301 ..
Yuci 467,127 ..
Yueqing .. 1,162,765
Yueyang 1,077,721 ..
Yulin (Hunan) 1,323,410 ..
Yulin (Shanxi) 369,335 ..
Zalantun 402,418 ..
Zaozhuang 3,191,974 ..
Zhangshu 489,178 ..
Zhangye 430,513 ..
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
Zhuhai 331,065 1,235,437
Zhuji .. 1,070,675
Zhuzhou 1,521,879 ..
Zibo 2,484,206 2,817,479
Zicheng 384,703 ..
Zigong 977,147 1,051,384
Zixing 360,813 ..
Ziyang .. 1,016,034
Zuozhou 486,589 ..
source: National Bureau of Statistics, China.
source: United Nations, 1998.