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LATEST POPULATION DATA
127.8 Mil.
E 2025 Resident Population
101.4621 Mil.
E 2024 Registered Population
179800km²
Land Area
711/km²
Population density
0.369%
Growth Rate
Population Clock
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BASIC INFORMATION
Located in the southernmost part of mainland China, Guangdong Province is bordered by Fujian Province to the east, Jiangxi and Hunan Provinces to the north, Guangxi Province to the west, the South China Sea to the south, and Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions to the east and west, respectively, of the Pearl River Estuary. The Leizhou Peninsula in the southwestern part of the province is separated from Hainan Province by the Qiongzhou Strait. The whole province is located between 20°09′ and 25°31′ north latitude and 109°45′ and 117°20′ east longitude.
As of December 31, 2021, Guangdong Province is divided into 21 prefecture-level cities, 65 districts, 20 county-level cities, 34 counties, and 3 autonomous counties (a total of 122 prefecture-level administrative divisions), 1112 towns, 4 sub-district offices, 7 ethnic townships, and 486 sub-district offices (a total of 1609 township-level administrative divisions).
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POPULATION CHANGE CHART IN RECENT YEARS
POPULATION CHANGE CHART IN RECENT YEARS 123
Indicator 2024 2023 2021 Resident Pop (10k) 12780 12706 12684 Urbanization Rate (%) 75.91 75.42 - Urban Pop (10k) 9701 9583 9466.07 Rural Pop (10k) 3079 3123 3217.93 Male Pop (10k) 6728 6689 6693 Female Pop (10k) 6052 6017 5991 Age 0-14 - - 2376 Age 15-64 - - 9151 Over 65 - - 1157 Age 0-15 2397 2437 - Age 16-59 8484 8460 - Over 60 1899 1809 - Registered Pop (10k) - 10146.21 9946.95 Registered Male (10k) - - 5088.93 Registered Female (10k) - - 4858.02 Births (10k) 113 103 118.31 Deaths (10k) 66 68 61.12 Birth Rate (‰) 8.89 8.12 9.35 Death Rate (‰) 5.2 5.36 4.83 Natural Growth (‰) 3.69 2.76 4.52
THE BRIEF DATA OF THE RECENT THREE CENSUSES
Index 7th Census (2020) 6th Census (2010) 5th Census (2000) Resident Population 126012510 104320459 85225007 Urban Population 93436072 69030255 47432392 Urbanization Rate 74.15% 66.17% 55.66% Female 66873646 54400538 43381720 Male 59138864 49919921 41843287 Male to female ratio 113.08 108.98 103.68 Proportion of ethnic minorities 3.77 1.98 1.49 Number of households 42469178 28630609 18762127 Family Size 111671837 88979305 69739958 Household size (person/household) 2.63 3.11 3.72
CENSUS AGE PYRAMID
LOCAL ETHNIC COMPOSITION
7TH CENSUS ETHNIC COMPOSITION
ETHNIC
POPULATION
FEMALE
MALE
PROPORTION
Population
126012510
66873646
59138864
100%
other ethnic
0
0
0
0%
Han
121260372
64136835
57123537
96.2288363%
Mongolian
34319
18578
15741
0.0272346%
Hui
88346
48853
39493
0.0701089%
Tibetan
11347
5489
5858
0.0090047%
Uygur
9905
5042
4863
0.0078603%
Miao
612699
357156
255543
0.4862208%
Yi
141942
80728
61214
0.1126412%
Zhuang
2017275
1167749
849526
1.600853%
Buyei
229366
133778
95588
0.1820184%
Korean
30666
15766
14900
0.0243357%
Manchu
66722
34624
32098
0.0529487%
Dong
241790
146855
94935
0.1918778%
Yao
514447
289453
224994
0.4082507%
Bai
36675
21131
15544
0.0291043%
Tujia
430936
249122
181814
0.3419787%
Hani
34250
20533
13717
0.0271798%
Kazak
1022
466
556
0.000811%
Dai
16329
8881
7448
0.0129582%
Li
32382
16798
15584
0.0256974%
Lisu
7199
3981
3218
0.0057129%
Wa
11743
6183
5560
0.0093189%
She
42080
24055
18025
0.0333935%
Gaoshan
188
93
95
0.0001492%
Lahu
5710
3057
2653
0.0045313%
Shui
23025
13848
9177
0.018272%
Dongxiang
4638
2994
1644
0.0036806%
Naxi
942
482
460
0.0007475%
Jingpo
2862
1460
1402
0.0022712%
Kirgiz
495
256
239
0.0003928%
Tu
5768
3286
2482
0.0045773%
Daur
1038
492
546
0.0008237%
Mulao
29190
16740
12450
0.0231644%
Qiang
1599
857
742
0.0012689%
Blang
1767
938
829
0.0014022%
Salar
2312
1310
1002
0.0018347%
Maonan
13150
7934
5216
0.0104355%
Gelao
28142
17222
10920
0.0223327%
Xibe
1607
812
795
0.0012753%
Achang
1106
589
517
0.0008777%
Pumi
434
278
156
0.0003444%
Tajik
100
64
36
7.94E-5%
Nu
411
237
174
0.0003262%
Uzbek
39
21
18
3.09E-5%
Russia
277
116
161
0.0002198%
Ewenki
215
104
111
0.0001706%
Deang
455
223
232
0.0003611%
Baoan
192
113
79
0.0001524%
Yugu
70
37
33
5.56E-5%
Jing
545
235
310
0.0004325%
Tatar
13
9
4
1.03E-5%
Dulong
73
38
35
5.79E-5%
Oroqen
59
32
27
4.68E-5%
Hezhe
119
51
68
9.44E-5%
Monba
23
12
11
1.83E-5%
Lhoba
12
6
6
9.5E-6%
Jinuo
95
39
56
7.54E-5%
Undetermined ethnic group
13002
7289
5713
0.010318%
Naturalization
1025
316
709
0.0008134%