China May 11, 2021 Amur River , Asia , Beijing , border conflict , Brahmaputra , British colony , Canton , China , China Sea , colony , conflicts , demography , desert , East Asia , fleuve Bleu , fleuve Jaune , flood , French colony , Gobi , Gobi Desert , Great Wall of China , Hainan , Himalayas , Hong Kong , Huang He , Japanese colony , Lake Qinghai , Macao , Manchuria , Mékong , Mongolia , Mont Everest , mountains , natural disasters , Pacific , Pacific Ocean , parti communiste , parti unique , Pearl River Delta , Pékin , People's Republic of China , river , Shanghai , South China Sea , Taiwan , Taiwan Strait , Three Gorges Dam , Tibet , Trois-Gorges , Yang-Tsé , Yang-Tsé-Kiang , Yangzi Jiang Official name People's Republic of China Name in local language Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó - 中华人民共和国 (zh) Continent Asia Subcontinent East Asia Population (ranking: 1er ) 1,411,778,724 inhabitants (2021) Population growth 0.53 % / year Area 9,596,961 km² Density 147.11 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 2e )14,279.937 billions $USD (2019) GDP/capita (ranking ) 10,217 $USD (2019) GDP growth 5.90 % / year (2019) Life expectancy (ranking ) 76.70 years (2018) Birth rate 10.48 ‰ (2019) Fertility rate 1.60 children / woman (2016) Death rate (ranking ) 7.11 ‰ (2017) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 6.77 ‰ (2017) Literacy rate 97.33 % (2021) Official languages Standard Chinese Currency Yuan (¥ CNY) (Renminbi) HDI (ranking: 113e )0.761 / 1 (2019) EPI (ranking )50.74 (2018) Government Unitary one-party republic (dictatorship) Head of State President Xi Jinping National Day October, 1st (Republic of 1949) ISO Codes CN, CHN Demonym Chinese Tourists (ranking ) 62,900,000 people (2018)
1.4 billion inhabitants China is an East Asian country. It is the most populous state on the planet, with more than 1.4 billion inhabitants. It is also one of the largest countries in the world. It shares borders with many countries: Russia and Mongolia to the North, North Korea to the East, Vietnam , Laos , Burma (Myanmar), India , Bhutan and Nepal to the South, Pakistan , Afghanistan , Tajikistan , Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan to the West. This huge country has emerged as one of the world’s leading economic powers over the past 30 years, taking Japan ‘s second place in 2010, behind the United States . Special economic zones have been created to promote the development of certain regions.
Zhangjiajie Forest National Park, China. Photo : Chensiyuan Shanghai seen from space at night. Image : NASA Beijing National Stadium. Source : Wikipedia Urban areas (2021) Urban areas Population Shanghai 24,870,895 inhabitants Guangzhou (Canton) 23,426,128 inhabitants Chongqing 22,251,500 inhabitants Beijing (Peking) 21,893,095 inhabitants Chengdu 14,677,122 inhabitants Shantou 14,251,500 inhabitants Tianjin 13,866,009 inhabitants Xiamen-Quanzhou 13,764,758 inhabitants Xi'an 12,905,600 inhabitants Shenzhen 12,356,820 inhabitants Wuhan 10,892,900 inhabitants Suzhou 10,721,900 inhabitants Hangzhou 10,018,000 inhabitants Nanjing (Nankin) 8,436,200 inhabitants Dongguan 8,396,820 inhabitants Shenyang 8,294,171 inhabitants Qingdao (Tsingtao) 6,352,500 inhabitants Zhengzhou 5,810,000 inhabitants Changsha 5,288,800 inhabitants Harbin 5,282,093 inhabitants Jinan 4,693,700 inhabitants Kunming 4,677,200 inhabitants Zibo 4,412,016 inhabitants Changchun 4,361,100 inhabitants Shijiazhuang 4,303,700 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Provinces Population Area Anhui 61,027,171 inhabitants 139,600 km² Beijing (Peking) (Municipality) 21,893,095 inhabitants 16,411 km² Chongqing (Municipality) 32,054,159 inhabitants 82,401 km² Fujian 41,540,086 inhabitants 121,400 km² Gansu 25,019,831 inhabitants 454,400 km² Guangdong 126,012,510 inhabitants 177,900 km² Guangxi (Autonomous region) 50,126,804 inhabitants 236,700 km² Guizhou 38,562,148 inhabitants 176,100 km² Hainan 10,081,232 inhabitants 33,920 km² Hebei 74,610,235 inhabitants 187,700 km² Heilongjiang 31,850,088 inhabitants 454,800 km² Henan 99,365,519 inhabitants 167,000 km² Hong Kong (Special administrative region) 7,515,489 inhabitants 1,106 km² Hubei 57,752,557 inhabitants 185,900 km² Hunan 66,444,864 inhabitants 211,800 km² Inner Mongolia (Autonomous region) 24,049,155 inhabitants 1,183,000 km² Jiangsu 84,748,016 inhabitants 102,600 km² Jiangxi 45,188,635 inhabitants 166,919 km² Jilin 24,073,453 inhabitants 191,126 km² Liaoning 42,591,407 inhabitants 145,900 km² Macau (Special administrative region) 683,218 inhabitants 31 km² Ningxia (Autonomous region) 7,202,654 inhabitants 66,400 km² Qinghai 5,923,957 inhabitants 721,000 km² Shaanxi 39,528,999 inhabitants 205,800 km² Shandong 101,527,453 inhabitants 156,700 km²
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