This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Republic of China (ROC), including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions, in order of their total resident populations (常住人口) at the end of 2007.
Taiwan, ROC and Fujian, ROC, which are at this point of time under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (ROC) and hence have their own administration zoning, are added for comparative purposes only, and the figure for Fujian Province, PRC excludes population in Fujian Province, ROC.
| Rank | Administrative Division | Population | Comparable country (country rank worldwide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | China | 1,301,531,000 | |
| 1 | Guangdong | 94,490,000 |  Philippines (12) |
| 2 | Shandong | 93,670,000 |  Vietnam (13) +  Sierra Leone (107) |
| 3 | Henan | 93,600,000 |  Ethiopia (15) +  Guatemala (66) |
| 4 | Sichuan | 81,270,000 |  Germany (14) |
| 5 | Jiangsu | 76,245,000 |  Egypt (16) |
| 6 | Hebei | (69,432,000) |  Iran (18) |
| 7 | Hunan | 63,550,000 |  Thailand (21) |
| 8 | Anhui | 61,180,000 |  United Kingdom (22) |
| 9 | Hubei | 56,990,000 |  Italy (23) |
| 10 | Zhejiang | 50,600,000 |  Myanmar (24) |
| 11 | Guangxi[1] | 47,680,000 |  South Korea (26) |
| 12 | Yunnan | (45,140,000) |  Spain (28) |
| 13 | Jiangxi | (43,684,000) |  Colombia (29) |
| 14 | Liaoning | (42,980,000) |  Sudan (31) |
| 15 | Guizhou | 39,755,000 |  Kenya (32) |
| 16 | Heilongjiang | 38,240,000 |  Argentina (33) |
| 17 | Shaanxi | 37,480,000 |  Poland (34) |
| 18 | Fujian | (35,810,000) |  Algeria (35) |
| 19 | Shanxi | (33,926,000) |  Canada (36) |
| 20 | Chongqing[2] | 28,160,000 |  Nepal (40) |
| 21 | Jilin | (27,298,000) |  Uzbekistan (45) |
| 22 | Gansu | 26,172,000 |  Saudi Arabia (45) |
| 23 | Inner Mongolia[1] | (24,051,000) |  North Korea (47) |
| — | Taiwan Province, ROC[3] | 22,977,000 | |
| 24 | Xinjiang[1] | (20,952,000) |  Mozambique (51) |
| 25 | Shanghai[2] | 18,580,000 |  Cameroon (58) |
| 26 | Beijing[2] | 16,330,000 |  Netherlands (61) |
| 27 | Tianjin[2] | 11,150,000 |  Greece (73) |
| 28 | Hainan | 8,450,300 |  Austria (92) |
| 29 | Hong Kong[4] | 6,963,100 |  Tajikistan (98) |
| 30 | Ningxia[1] | 6,103,000 |  Paraguay (102) |
| 31 | Qinghai | (5,516,000) |  Denmark (108) |
| 32 | Tibet [1] | (2,842,000) |  Kuwait (136) |
| 33 | Macau[4] | 538,000 |  Solomon Islands (164) |
| — | Fujian Province, ROC[3] | 91,261 |
Parentheses indicate the total population rather than the total resident population. The former may be less reflective of population changes due to migration.
Notes
Sources
- National Bureau of Statistics (PRC)
- Taiwan Provincial Government official site (ROC)
- ROC FuJian Provincial Government (Chinese) (ROC)
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