| 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.
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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 |
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Qingdao (Tsingtao)
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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 |
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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 |