CHINA POPULATION

 

For 2025, the China's population is 1408280000 people. The first place province in terms of population is province Guangdong (1.278 billion people). First place city in urban population is Chengdu, China (21.474 million people).

Data was obtained from statistical bulletins and yearbooks released by government authorities at various levels across China.

China Population Clock


Live population:

The first 10 Province by population

Rank Area Resident Population Jurisdiction area
1
Guangdong
127.8 M
179800km²
2
Shandong
100.8017 M
155800km²
3
Henan
97.85 M
167000km²
4
Jiangsu
85.26 M
107200km²
5
Sichuan
83.64 M
486000km²
6
Hebei
73.78 M
188800km²
7
Zhejiang
66.7 M
105500km²
8
Hunan
65.39 M
211800km²
9
Anhui
61.23 M
140100km²
10
Hubei
58.34 M
185900km²

For more population data of Chinese provinces, please check the following link:Administrative regions under China population rank list - ChinaCensus-ChinaCensus

The first 10 cities by population

Rank Area Resident Population Jurisdiction area
1
[Sichuan] Chengdu
21.474 M
14312 km²
2
[Guangdong] Guangzhou
18.978 M
7436 km²
3
[Guangdong] Shenzhen
17.9895 M
1997 km²
4
[Hubei] Wuhan
13.8091 M
8483 km²
5
[Shaanxi] Xian
13.1676 M
10106 km²
6
[Henan] Zhengzhou
13.086 M
7507 km²
7
[Jiangsu] Suzhou
12.958 M
8210 km²
8
[Zhejiang] Hangzhou
12.624 M
16596 km²
9
[Hebei] Shijiazhuang
11.2466 M
14530 km²
10
[Shandong] Linyi
10.9438 M
17192 km²
For more population data of Chinese cities, please check the following link:Prefecture - ChinaCensus-ChinaCensus