List of China administrative divisions by population

Map showing the population of the first-order administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China.

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC), including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions, in order of their total populations at the end of 2004.

Taiwan Province, which is entirely under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (ROC), is excluded from this list, wheareas the figure for Fujian Province excludes population in ROC's Fukien Province. The population figure of the Republic of China (ROC), which current jurisdiction includes the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Matsu, Kinmen, etc., collectively known as the Free Area or the Taiwan Area, is included at the end of the list for comparison purposes.

	Population
â€"	China	1,301,531,000
1	Henan	97,170,000
2	Shandong	91,800,000
3	Sichuan	87,250,000
4	Guangdong	83,040,000
5	Jiangsu	74,330,000
6	Hebei	68,090,000
7	Hunan	66,980,000
8	Anhui	64,610,000
9	Hubei	60,160,000
10	Guangxi	48,890,000
11	Zhejiang	47,200,000
12	Yunnan	44,150,000
13	Jiangxi	42,840,000
14	Liaoning	42,170,000
15	Guizhou	39,040,000
16	Heilongjiang	38,170,000
17	Shaanxi	37,050,000
18	Fujian	35,110,000
19	Shanxi	33,350,000
20	Chongqing	31,220,000
21	Jilin	27,090,000
22	Gansu	26,190,000
23	Nei Mongol	23,840,000
24	Xinjiang	19,630,000
25	Shanghai	17,420,000
26	Beijing	14,930,000
27	Tianjin	10,240,000
28	Hainan	8,180,000
29	Hong Kong	6,915,700
30	Ningxia	5,880,000
31	Qinghai	5,390,000
32	Xizang	2,740,000
33	Macau	465,300

Special Administrative Region

Municipality

Autonomous Region
*Currently serving in the People's Liberation Army - approx. 2,500,000
*Republic of China - 22,689,122

Sources

* Mainland China figures: 《中国统计年鉴â€"2005》/ China Statistical Yearbook 2005, National Bureau of Statistics of China, ISBN 7503747382
* Hong Kong figures: Census and Statistics Department, Government of Hong Kong SAR (retrieved February 11, 2006)
* Macau figures: Statistics and Census Service, Government of Macau SAR (retrieved February 11, 2006)
* Republic of China figures: National Statistics, Republic of China (retrieved February 11, 2006)