List of China administrative regions by population
administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions) in order of their total population. The data, effective for 2001, are from the 2002 Statistics Yearbook published by the . Taiwan province, which is completely under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China, is excluded from this list.
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Total Population (percentage of national population)
- Henan ? 95,550,000 (7.49%)
- Shandong ? 90,410,000 (7.08%)
- Sichuan ? 86,400,000 (6.77%)
- Guangdong ? 77,830,000 (6.10%)
- Jiangsu ? 73,550,000 (5.76%)
- Hebei ? 66,990,000 (5.25%)
- Hunan ? 65,960,000 (5.17%)
- Anhui ? 63,280,000 (4.96%)
- Hubei ? 59,750,000 (4.68%)
- Guangxi ? 47,880,000 (3.75%)
- Zhejiang ? 46,130,000 (3.61%)
- Yunnan ? 42,870,000 (3.36%)
- Liaoning ? 41,940,000 (3.29%)
- Jiangxi ? 41,860,000 (3.28%)
- Heilongjiang ? 38,110,000 (2.99%)
- Guizhou ? 37,990,000 (2.98%)
- Shaanxi ? 36,590,000 (2.87%)
- Fujian ? 34,440,000 (2.70%)
- Shanxi ? 32,720,000 (2.56%)
- Chongqing ? 30,970,000 (2.43%)
- Jilin ? 26,910,000 (2.11%)
- Gansu ? 25,750,000 (2.02%)
- Inner Mongolia ? 23,770,000 (1.86%)
- Xinjiang ? 18,760,000 (1.47%)
- Shanghai ? 16,140,000 (1.26%)
- Beijing ? 13,830,000 (1.08%)
- Tianjin ? 10,040,000 (0.787%)
- Hainan ? 7,960,000 (0.624%)
- Hong Kong ? 7,303,334 (as of 2002)
- Ningxia ? 5,620,000 (0.440%)
- Qinghai ? 5,230,000 (0.410%)
- Tibet ? 2,630,000 (0.206%)
- PLA currently in service - 2,500,000
- Macau - 461,833 (as of 2002)
