China

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

General Information


Official name the People's Republic of China
Official name [native] 中华人民共和国 [Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo] «Chinese»
Capital Beijing
Capital [native] 北京 [Beijing] «Chinese»
Region Eastern Asia
ISO code CN
Statistical agency National Bureau of Statistics

Name in Chinese 中华人民共和国
Name in Arabic جمهورية الصين الشعبية
Name in Spanish la República Popular China
Name in Russian Китайская Народная Республика
Name in French la République populaire de Chine

Administrative units

codeprovincenative namecapital [native name]area (sq.km.)population
2000-11-01
census		population
2010-11-01
census
340000 »Anhui Sheng安徽省Hefei [合肥市]139,90058,999,94859,500,510
920000 »Aomen SAR澳门特别行政区Aomen [澳门]29  
110000 »Beijing Shi北京巿 16,80813,569,19419,612,368
500000 »Chongqing Shi重庆巿 82,40030,512,76328,846,170
350000 »Fujian Sheng福建省Fuzhou [福州市]123,10034,097,94736,894,216
620000 »Gansu Sheng甘肃省Lanzhou [兰州市]366,50025,124,28225,575,254
440000 »Guangdong Sheng广东省Guangzhou [广州市]197,10085,225,007104,303,132
450000 »Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu广西壮族自治区Nanning [南宁市]220,40043,854,53846,026,629
520000 »Guizhou Sheng贵州省Guiyang [贵阳市]174,00035,247,69534,746,468
460000 »Hainan Sheng海南省Haikou [海口市]34,3007,559,0358,671,518
130000 »Hebei Sheng河北省Shijiazhuang [石家庄市]202,70066,684,41971,854,202
230000 »Heilongjiang Sheng黑龙江省Harbin [哈尔滨市]463,60036,237,57638,312,224
410000 »Henan Sheng河南省Zhengzhou [郑州市]167,00091,236,85494,023,567
420000 »Hubei Sheng湖北省Wuhan [武汉市]187,50059,508,87057,237,740
430000 »Hunan Sheng湖南省Changsha [长沙市]210,50063,274,17365,683,722
320000 »Jiangsu Sheng江苏省Nanjing [南京市]102,60073,043,57778,659,903
360000 »Jiangxi Sheng江西省Nanchang [南昌市]164,80040,397,59844,567,475
220000 »Jilin Sheng吉林省Changchun [长春市]187,00026,802,19127,462,297
210000 »Liaoning Sheng辽宁省Shenyang [沈阳市]151,00041,824,41243,746,323
150000 »Nei Mongol Zizhiqu内蒙古自治区Huhehaote [呼和浩特市]1,177,50023,323,34724,706,321
640000 »Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu宁夏回族自治区Yinchuan [银川市]66,4005,486,3936,301,350
630000 »Qinghai Sheng青海省Xining [西宁市]721,0004,822,9635,626,722
610000 »Shaanxi Sheng陕西省Xi'an [西安市]195,80035,365,07237,327,378
370000 »Shandong Sheng山东省Jinan [济南市]153,30089,971,78995,793,065
310000 »Shanghai Shi上海巿 6,20016,407,73423,019,148
140000 »Shanxi Sheng山西省Taiyuan [太原市]157,10032,471,24235,712,111
510000 »Sichuan Sheng四川省Chengdu [成都市]488,00082,348,29680,418,200
120000 »Tianjin Shi天津巿 11,3009,848,73112,938,224
910000 »Xianggang SAR香港特别行政区Victoria1,104  
650000 »Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu新疆维吾尔自治区Wulumuqi [乌鲁木齐市]1,646,90018,459,51121,813,334
540000 »Xizang Zizhiqu西藏自治区Lhasa [拉萨市]1,221,6002,616,3293,002,166
530000 »Yunnan Sheng云南省Kunming [昆明市]436,20042,360,08945,966,239
330000 »Zhejiang Sheng浙江省Hangzhou [杭州市]101,80045,930,65154,426,891
 total  9,572,9001,242,612,2261,339,724,852
source: National Bureau of Statistics, China.
note: Xianggang = Hong Kong; Nei Mongol = Inner Mongolia; Xizang = Tibet; Aomen = Macao.
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.

Main cities

namenative namepopulation
1990-07-01
census		population
2000-11-01
census		population
2010-11-01
census
Shanghai上海巿8,205,59815,758,89222,315,426
Beijing北京巿7,362,4268,503,38511,716,000
Tianjin天津巿5,804,0238,146,12811,090,314
Guangzhou广州市3,918,0108,524,82611,070,654
Shenzhen深圳市875,1767,008,83110,357,938
Wuhan武汉市3,832,5368,312,7009,785,392
Dongguan东莞市..6,445,7778,220,237
Chengdu成都市3,483,8345,267,8177,677,122
Chongqing重庆巿3,122,7046,158,7907,457,600
Foshan佛山市429,4105,337,7097,194,311
Nanjing南京市2,610,5945,098,3407,165,628
Hong Kong (est.)香港巿5,900,0006,900,0007,100,000
Xi'an西安市2,872,5395,345,7776,501,189
Hangzhou杭州市2,589,5044,502,3826,242,000
Harbin哈尔滨市3,597,4044,113,7085,878,939
Suzhou苏州市3,273,0103,330,2425,349,090
Shantou汕头市884,5434,600,9275,330,764
Shenyang沈阳市4,655,2805,303,053..
Jinan济南市2,403,9463,506,5134,335,900
Zhengzhou郑州市1,752,3742,589,3874,253,627
Kunming昆明市1,611,9693,035,4063,855,346
Qingdao青岛市5,124,8682,720,9723,718,800
Wuxi无锡市3,181,9852,606,8393,542,319
Xiamen厦门市639,4362,053,0703,531,347
Ningbo宁波市3,350,8512,422,1263,491,597
Nanning南宁市1,159,0992,875,3353,437,171
Taiyuan太原市2,224,5802,558,3823,426,522
Hefei合肥市1,099,5231,659,0753,352,076
Changzhou常州市729,8932,502,0493,290,548
Dalian大连市3,473,8323,245,191..
Tangshan唐山市1,484,5152,978,0183,187,171
Zhongshan珠海市..2,363,3223,120,884
Changsha长沙市1,328,9502,122,8733,093,980
Xuzhou (Jiangsu)徐州市1,827,3062,942,1153,053,778
Changchun长春市2,980,8703,225,5573,049,303
Wenzhou温州市1,650,4191,915,5483,039,500
Guiyang贵阳市1,664,7092,374,2703,037,159
Wulumuqi (Urumqi)乌鲁木齐市1,160,7751,753,2983,029,372
Zibo淄博市2,484,2062,817,4792,980,800
Fuzhou (Fujian)福州市1,395,7392,124,4352,921,763
Shijiazhuang 石家庄市1,372,1091,969,9752,861,784
Huai'an淮安市..2,593,9152,633,420
Lanzhou兰州市1,617,7612,087,7032,628,426
Linyi临沂市1,590,1601,938,5102,600,200
Nanchang南昌市1,262,0311,844,2532,357,838
Huizhou惠州市274,6891,454,5082,344,507
Yantai烟台市3,204,6691,724,4042,227,700
Xiangyang襄阳市2,985,9782,160,9722,199,689
Puning普宁市..1,856,4022,054,703
Zaozhuang枣庄市3,191,9741,996,7982,035,800
source: National Bureau of Statistics , China.
source: For Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin and Chongqing not the full municipality population is taken as some of the subparts are more rural than urban.