👥 Chinese Provinces by Population
Resident population of the provincial-level divisions of mainland China.
Guangdong8.9%
Shandong7.2%
Henan7%
Jiangsu6%
Sichuan5.9%
Hebei5.2%
Hunan4.7%
Zhejiang4.6%
Anhui4.3%
Hubei4.1%
Guangxi3.6%
Yunnan3.3%
Jiangxi3.2%
Liaoning3%
Fujian3%
Shaanxi2.8%
Guizhou2.7%
Shanxi2.5%
Chongqing
Heilongjiang
Xinjiang
Gansu
Shanghai
Inner Mongolia
Jilin
Beijing
Hainan
1
Guangdong
126.6M
2
Shandong
101.6M
3
Henan
98.7M
4
Jiangsu
85.2M
5
Sichuan
83.7M
6
Hebei
74.2M
7
Hunan
66.0M
8
Zhejiang
65.8M
9
Anhui
61.3M
10
Hubei
58.4M
11
Guangxi
50.5M
12
Yunnan
46.9M
13
Jiangxi
45.3M
14
Liaoning
42.0M
15
Fujian
41.9M
16
Shaanxi
39.6M
17
Guizhou
38.6M
18
Shanxi
34.8M
19
Chongqing
32.1M
20
Heilongjiang
31.0M
21
Xinjiang
25.9M
22
Gansu
24.9M
23
Shanghai
24.8M
24
Inner Mongolia
24.0M
25
Jilin
23.5M
26
Beijing
21.8M
27
Tianjin
13.6M
28
Hainan
10.3M
29
Hong Kong
7.5M
30
Ningxia
7.3M
31
Qinghai
6.0M
32
Tibet
3.6M
33
Macau
0.7M
Highlights
Within China, Guangdong ranks first in 2020 with 126.6M, followed by Shandong (101.6M) and Henan (98.7M).
Across 33 entries, values run from 126.6M (Guangdong) to 0.7M (Macau), with a median of 38.6M.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China (via Wikipedia), 2020. Unit: million people.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 13, 2026