China Population & Urbanization by Province

Name: China Population & Urbanization by Province
Creator: National Statistics Office (NSO) of China
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Year-end resident population of China's 31 provinces, disaggregated by urban and rural areas, allowing for a direct reading of each province's urbanization rate.

Source: National Statistics Office (NSO) of ChinaLast updated: Aug 01, 2026, 01:19Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
Year-End Resident Population31
Beijing	21.8	21.83	21.86	21.84	21.89	21.89	21.9	21.92	21.94	21.95	21.88	21.71	21.25	20.78	20.24	19.62	18.6	17.71	16.76	16.01	15.38	14.93	14.56	14.23	13.85	13.64
Tianjin	13.63	13.64	13.64	13.63	13.73	13.87	13.85	13.83	14.1	14.43	14.39	14.29	14.1	13.78	13.41	12.99	12.28	11.76	11.15	10.75	10.43	10.24	10.11	10.07	10.04	10.01
Hebei	73.54	73.78	73.93	74.2	74.48	74.64	74.47	74.26	74.09	73.75	73.45	73.23	72.88	72.62	72.32	71.94	70.34	69.89	69.43	68.98	68.51	68.09	67.69	67.35	66.99	66.74
Shanxi	34.24	34.46	34.66	34.81	34.8	34.9	34.97	35.02	35.1	35.14	35.19	35.28	35.35	35.48	35.62	35.74	34.27	34.11	33.93	33.75	33.55	33.35	33.14	32.94	32.72	32.47
Inner Mongolia	23.74	23.88	23.96	24.01	24	24.03	24.15	24.22	24.33	24.36	24.4	24.49	24.55	24.64	24.7	24.72	24.58	24.44	24.29	24.15	24.03	23.93	23.86	23.84	23.81	23.72
Liaoning	41.31	41.55	41.82	41.97	42.29	42.55	42.77	42.91	43.12	43.27	43.38	43.58	43.65	43.75	43.79	43.75	43.41	43.15	42.98	42.71	42.21	42.17	42.1	42.03	41.94	41.84
Jilin	22.97	23.17	23.39	23.48	23.75	23.99	24.48	24.84	25.26	25.67	26.13	26.42	26.68	26.98	27.25	27.47	27.4	27.34	27.3	27.23	27.16	27.09	27.04	26.99	26.91	26.82
Heilongjiang	30.01	30.29	30.62	30.99	31.25	31.71	32.55	33.27	33.99	34.63	35.29	36.08	36.66	37.24	37.82	38.33	38.26	38.25	38.24	38.23	38.2	38.17	38.15	38.13	38.11	38.07
Shanghai	24.85	24.8	24.87	24.75	24.89	24.88	24.81	24.75	24.66	24.67	24.58	24.67	24.48	23.99	23.56	23.03	22.1	21.41	20.64	19.64	18.9	18.35	17.66	17.13	16.68	16.09
Jiangsu	85.18	85.26	85.26	85.15	85.05	84.77	84.69	84.46	84.23	83.81	83.15	82.81	81.92	81.2	80.23	78.69	78.1	77.62	77.23	76.56	75.88	75.23	74.58	74.06	73.59	73.27
Zhejiang	67.01	66.7	66.27	65.77	65.4	64.68	63.75	62.73	61.7	60.72	59.85	58.9	57.84	56.85	55.7	54.47	52.76	52.12	51.55	50.72	49.91	49.25	48.57	47.76	47.29	46.8
Anhui	60.82	61.23	61.21	61.27	61.13	61.05	60.92	60.76	60.57	60.33	60.11	59.97	59.88	59.78	59.72	59.57	61.31	61.35	61.18	61.1	61.2	62.28	61.63	61.44	61.28	60.93
Fujian	41.9	41.93	41.83	41.88	41.87	41.61	41.37	41.04	40.65	40.16	39.84	39.45	38.85	38.41	37.84	36.93	36.66	36.39	36.12	35.85	35.57	35.29	35.02	34.76	34.45	34.1
Jiangxi	44.74	45.02	45.15	45.28	45.17	45.19	45.16	45.13	45.11	44.96	44.85	44.8	44.76	44.75	44.74	44.62	44.32	44	43.68	43.39	43.11	42.84	42.54	42.22	41.86	41.49
Shandong	100.43	100.8	101.23	101.63	101.7	101.65	101.06	100.77	100.33	99.73	98.66	98.08	97.46	97.08	96.65	95.88	94.7	94.17	93.67	93.09	92.48	91.8	91.25	90.82	90.41	89.98
Henan	97.44	97.85	98.15	98.72	98.83	99.41	99.01	98.64	98.29	97.78	97.01	96.45	95.73	95.32	94.61	94.05	94.87	94.29	93.6	93.92	93.8	97.17	96.67	96.13	95.55	94.88
Hubei	58.11	58.34	58.38	58.44	58.3	57.45	59.27	59.17	59.04	58.85	58.5	58.16	57.98	57.81	57.6	57.28	57.2	57.11	56.99	56.93	57.1	56.98	56.85	56.72	56.58	56.46
Hunan	64.92	65.39	65.68	66.04	66.22	66.45	66.4	66.35	66.33	66.25	66.15	66.11	66	65.9	65.81	65.7	64.06	63.8	63.55	63.42	63.26	66.98	66.63	66.29	65.96	65.62
Guangdong	128.59	127.8	127.06	126.57	126.84	126.24	124.89	123.48	121.41	119.08	116.78	114.89	112.7	110.41	107.56	104.41	101.3	98.93	96.6	94.42	91.94	91.11	89.63	88.42	87.33	86.5
Guangxi	49.89	50.13	50.27	50.47	50.37	50.19	49.82	49.47	49.07	48.57	48.11	47.7	47.31	46.94	46.55	46.1	48.56	48.16	47.68	47.19	46.6	48.89	48.57	48.22	47.88	47.51
Hainan	10.55	10.48	10.43	10.27	10.2	10.12	9.95	9.82	9.72	9.57	9.45	9.36	9.2	9.1	8.9	8.69	8.64	8.54	8.45	8.36	8.28	8.18	8.11	8.03	7.96	7.89
Chongqing	31.87	31.9	31.91	32.13	32.12	32.09	31.88	31.63	31.44	31.1	30.7	30.43	30.11	29.75	29.44	28.85	28.59	28.39	28.16	28.08	27.98	27.93	28.03	28.14	28.29	28.49
Sichuan	83.18	83.64	83.68	83.74	83.72	83.71	83.51	83.21	82.89	82.51	81.96	81.39	81.09	80.85	80.64	80.45	81.85	81.38	81.27	81.69	82.12	80.9	81.76	81.1	81.43	83.29
Guizhou	38.57	38.6	38.65	38.56	38.52	38.58	38.48	38.22	38.03	37.58	37.08	36.77	36.32	35.87	35.3	34.79	35.37	35.96	36.32	36.9	37.3	39.04	38.7	38.37	37.99	37.56
Yunnan	46.44	46.55	46.73	46.93	46.9	47.22	47.14	47.03	46.93	46.77	46.63	46.53	46.41	46.31	46.2	46.02	45.71	45.43	45.14	44.83	44.5	44.15	43.76	43.33	42.87	42.41
Tibet	3.74	3.7	3.65	3.64	3.66	3.66	3.61	3.54	3.49	3.4	3.3	3.25	3.17	3.15	3.09	3	2.96	2.92	2.89	2.85	2.8	2.76	2.72	2.68	2.64	2.58
Shaanxi	39.36	39.53	39.52	39.56	39.54	39.55	39.44	39.31	39.04	38.74	38.46	38.27	38.04	37.87	37.65	37.35	37.27	37.18	37.08	36.99	36.9	36.81	36.72	36.62	36.53	36.44
Gansu	24.43	24.58	24.65	24.92	24.9	25.01	25.09	25.15	25.22	25.2	25.23	25.31	25.37	25.5	25.52	25.6	25.55	25.51	25.48	25.47	25.45	25.41	25.37	25.31	25.23	25.15
Qinghai	5.92	5.93	5.94	5.95	5.94	5.93	5.9	5.87	5.86	5.82	5.77	5.76	5.71	5.71	5.68	5.63	5.57	5.54	5.52	5.48	5.43	5.39	5.34	5.29	5.23	5.17
Ningxia	7.32	7.29	7.29	7.28	7.25	7.21	7.17	7.1	7.05	6.95	6.84	6.78	6.66	6.59	6.48	6.33	6.25	6.18	6.1	6.04	5.96	5.88	5.8	5.72	5.63	5.54
Xinjiang	26.39	26.23	25.98	25.87	25.89	25.9	25.59	25.2	24.8	24.28	23.85	23.25	22.85	22.53	22.25	21.85	21.59	21.31	20.95	20.5	20.1	19.63	19.34	19.05	18.76	18.49
Urban31
Beijing		19.26	19.2	19.13	19.16	19.16	19.13	19.09	19.07	19.04	18.97	18.78	18.36	17.93	17.45	16.86	15.81	15.04	14.16	13.5	12.86
Tianjin		11.73	11.66	11.6	11.65	11.75	11.68	11.61	11.78	12.02	11.93	11.8	11.6	11.24	10.79	10.34	9.58	9.08	8.51	8.14	7.83
Hebei		46.79	46.41	45.75	45.54	44.84	43.77	42.57	41.3	39.73	37.95	36.15	35	33.84	32.97	32.01	30.77	29.28	27.95	26.74	25.82
Shanxi		22.85	22.52	22.26	22.07	21.82	21.43	20.96	20.57	20.12	19.66	19.16	18.69	18.21	17.74	17.17	15.76	15.39	14.94	14.51	14.13
Inner Mongolia		16.89	16.67	16.47	16.37	16.22	16.05	15.87	15.72	15.44	15.15	14.93	14.69	14.39	14.09	13.72	13.13	12.64	12.18	11.75	11.34
Liaoning		30.82	30.74	30.64	30.79	30.7	30.46	30.15	29.96	29.8	29.52	29.22	29.01	28.72	28.05	27.17	26.2	25.91	25.44	25.19	24.78
Jilin		15.24	15.14	14.96	15.05	15.03	15.09	15.12	15.08	15.08	15.06	15.01	14.87	14.71	14.55	14.65	14.61	14.55	14.51	14.42	14.26
Heilongjiang		20.61	20.55	20.52	20.53	20.8	21.03	21.11	21.04	21.16	21.34	21.37	21.28	21.18	21.36	21.34	21.23	21.19	20.61	20.45	20.28
Shanghai		22.28	22.25	22.11	22.23	22.22	22.14	22.06	21.97	21.96	21.76	22.03	21.93	21.42	21.04	20.56	19.58	18.97	18.3	17.42	16.84
Jiangsu		64.4	63.98	63.37	62.89	62.26	61.37	60.13	59.11	57.77	56.12	54.41	52.75	51.16	49.75	47.67	43.43	42.15	41.09	39.73	38.32
Zhejiang		50.33	49.19	48.26	47.52	46.68	45.63	43.92	42.52	41.12	39.69	38.26	36.98	35.76	34.7	33.56	30.55	30.02	29.49	28.66	27.96
Anhui		38.31	37.65	36.86	36.31	35.61	34.74	33.81	32.88	31.75	30.64	29.57	28.66	27.68	26.75	25.62	25.81	24.85	23.68	22.67	21.73
Fujian		30.11	29.72	29.37	29.18	28.61	28.08	27.49	26.74	25.86	25.19	24.46	23.62	22.78	21.99	21.09	20.2	19.29	18.57	18.07	17.57
Jiangxi		28.71	28.5	28.11	27.76	27.31	26.68	25.88	25.13	24.27	23.46	22.65	21.95	21.21	20.47	19.66	19.14	18.2	17.39	16.78	15.95
Shandong		67.01	66.34	65.59	65.03	64.09	62.52	61.93	60.99	58.97	56.21	53.72	52.1	50.51	49.16	47.65	45.76	44.83	43.79	42.91	41.62
Henan		57.95	57.01	56.33	55.79	55.1	53.48	51.53	49.7	47.7	45.61	43.45	41.74	40.02	38.29	36.21	35.77	33.97	32.14	30.5	28.75
Hubei		38.71	38.22	37.79	37.36	36.13	36.65	36.09	35.35	34.47	33.45	32.41	31.6	30.77	29.83	28.47	26.31	25.81	25.25	24.94	24.67
Hunan		40.59	40.17	39.83	39.54	39.05	38.15	37.22	36.23	34.91	33.6	32.38	31.44	30.46	29.59	28.45	27.67	26.89	25.71	24.55	23.41
Guangdong		97.01	95.83	94.65	94.66	93.61	90.73	88.67	85.89	83.53	81.17	78.84	76.74	74.14	71.6	69.1	64.23	62.69	60.99	59.49	55.79
Guangxi		28.77	28.54	28.09	27.74	27.2	26.39	25.64	24.82	23.92	23.09	22.2	21.34	20.41	19.5	18.44	19.04	18.38	17.28	16.35	15.67
Hainan		6.61	6.51	6.31	6.22	6.1	5.91	5.81	5.64	5.43	5.19	4.99	4.81	4.64	4.48	4.33	4.25	4.1	3.99	3.85	3.74
Chongqing		23.01	22.87	22.8	22.59	22.29	21.75	21.07	20.44	19.7	18.87	18.18	17.55	16.85	16.19	15.29	14.75	14.19	13.6	13.11	12.65
Sichuan		50.27	49.78	48.86	48.41	47.49	46.23	44.52	42.92	41.26	39.56	37.85	36.46	35.05	33.75	32.32	31.68	30.44	28.93	28.02	27.1
Guizhou		21.87	21.62	21.14	20.93	20.51	19.81	18.93	18.16	17.12	15.93	14.8	13.76	13.02	12.37	11.76	10.57	10.47	10.26	10.13	10.02
Yunnan		25.19	24.73	24.27	23.94	23.63	22.94	22.31	21.72	20.88	20.02	19.18	18.56	17.82	16.9	15.97	15.54	14.99	14.26	13.67	13.13
Tibet		1.47	1.42	1.36	1.34	1.31	1.25	1.2	1.16	1.07	0.95	0.85	0.76	0.72	0.7	0.68	0.66	0.64	0.62	0.6	0.58
Shaanxi		26.15	25.75	25.32	25.16	24.78	24.17	23.45	22.67	21.85	21.05	20.29	19.62	18.83	17.83	17.09	16.21	15.65	15.06	14.47	13.74
Gansu		13.97	13.68	13.51	13.28	13.06	12.72	12.5	12.14	11.61	11.16	10.7	10.27	9.89	9.51	9.25	8.91	8.56	8.22	7.92	7.64
Qinghai		3.79	3.73	3.66	3.62	3.56	3.47	3.36	3.25	3.12	2.98	2.93	2.81	2.73	2.64	2.52	2.34	2.26	2.21	2.15	2.13
Ningxia		4.97	4.91	4.83	4.79	4.68	4.56	4.41	4.3	4.08	3.9	3.72	3.52	3.37	3.25	3.03	2.88	2.78	2.69	2.6	2.52
Xinjiang		15.83	15.39	14.98	14.82	14.64	14.21	13.61	12.87	12.24	11.63	10.88	10.27	9.96	9.73	9.4	8.6	8.45	8.2	7.78	7.47
Rural31
Beijing		2.57	2.66	2.71	2.73	2.73	2.77	2.83	2.87	2.91	2.91	2.93	2.89	2.85	2.79	2.75	2.79	2.67	2.6	2.51	2.52
Tianjin		1.91	1.98	2.03	2.08	2.12	2.17	2.22	2.32	2.41	2.46	2.49	2.5	2.54	2.62	2.66	2.7	2.68	2.64	2.61	2.59
Hebei		26.99	27.52	28.45	28.94	29.8	30.7	31.69	32.79	34.02	35.5	37.08	37.88	38.78	39.35	39.93	39.57	40.6	41.48	42.24	42.69
Shanxi		11.61	12.14	12.55	12.73	13.08	13.54	14.06	14.53	15.02	15.53	16.12	16.66	17.27	17.88	18.57	18.51	18.72	18.99	19.23	19.42
Inner Mongolia		6.99	7.29	7.54	7.63	7.81	8.1	8.35	8.61	8.92	9.25	9.56	9.86	10.25	10.61	11	11.46	11.8	12.11	12.4	12.69
Liaoning		10.73	11.08	11.33	11.5	11.85	12.31	12.76	13.16	13.47	13.86	14.36	14.64	15.03	15.74	16.58	17.21	17.24	17.54	17.52	17.43
Jilin		7.93	8.25	8.52	8.7	8.96	9.39	9.72	10.18	10.59	11.07	11.41	11.81	12.27	12.7	12.81	12.79	12.79	12.79	12.81	12.9
Heilongjiang		9.68	10.07	10.47	10.72	10.91	11.52	12.16	12.95	13.47	13.95	14.71	15.38	16.06	16.46	17	17.03	17.06	17.63	17.78	17.92
Shanghai		2.52	2.62	2.64	2.66	2.66	2.67	2.69	2.69	2.71	2.82	2.64	2.55	2.57	2.52	2.46	2.52	2.44	2.33	2.22	2.06
Jiangsu		20.86	21.28	21.78	22.16	22.51	23.32	24.33	25.12	26.04	27.03	28.4	29.17	30.04	30.48	31.02	34.68	35.47	36.14	36.82	37.56
Zhejiang		16.37	17.08	17.51	17.88	18	18.12	18.81	19.18	19.6	20.16	20.64	20.86	21.09	21	20.9	22.21	22.1	22.06	22.06	21.95
Anhui		22.92	23.56	24.41	24.82	25.44	26.18	26.95	27.69	28.58	29.47	30.4	31.22	32.1	32.97	33.95	35.5	36.5	37.5	38.43	39.47
Fujian		11.82	12.11	12.51	12.69	13	13.29	13.55	13.91	14.3	14.65	14.99	15.23	15.63	15.85	15.84	16.46	17.1	17.55	17.78	18
Jiangxi		16.31	16.65	17.17	17.41	17.88	18.48	19.25	19.98	20.69	21.39	22.15	22.81	23.54	24.27	24.96	25.18	25.8	26.3	26.61	27.16
Shandong		33.79	34.89	36.04	36.67	37.56	38.54	38.84	39.34	40.76	42.45	44.36	45.36	46.57	47.49	48.23	48.94	49.35	49.88	50.17	50.86
Henan		39.9	41.14	42.39	43.04	44.31	45.53	47.11	48.59	50.08	51.4	53	53.99	55.3	56.32	57.84	59.1	60.32	61.46	63.42	65.05
Hubei		19.63	20.16	20.65	20.94	21.32	22.62	23.08	23.69	24.38	25.05	25.75	26.38	27.04	27.77	28.81	30.89	31.3	31.74	31.99	32.43
Hunan		24.8	25.51	26.21	26.68	27.4	28.25	29.13	30.1	31.34	32.55	33.73	34.56	35.44	36.22	37.25	36.39	36.91	37.84	38.87	39.85
Guangdong		30.79	31.23	31.92	32.18	32.63	34.16	34.81	35.52	35.55	35.61	36.05	35.96	36.27	35.96	35.31	37.08	36.24	35.6	34.94	36.15
Guangxi		21.36	21.73	22.38	22.63	22.99	23.43	23.83	24.25	24.65	25.02	25.5	25.97	26.53	27.05	27.66	29.52	29.78	30.4	30.84	30.93
Hainan		3.87	3.92	3.96	3.98	4.02	4.04	4.01	4.08	4.14	4.26	4.37	4.39	4.46	4.42	4.36	4.4	4.44	4.46	4.51	4.54
Chongqing		8.89	9.04	9.33	9.53	9.8	10.13	10.56	11	11.4	11.83	12.25	12.56	12.9	13.25	13.55	13.84	14.2	14.56	14.97	15.33
Sichuan		33.37	33.9	34.88	35.31	36.22	37.28	38.69	39.97	41.26	42.4	43.54	44.63	45.8	46.89	48.12	50.17	50.94	52.34	53.67	55.02
Guizhou		16.73	17.03	17.42	17.59	18.07	18.67	19.29	19.87	20.46	21.15	21.97	22.56	22.85	22.93	23.03	24.8	25.49	26.06	26.77	27.28
Yunnan		21.36	22	22.66	22.96	23.59	24.2	24.72	25.21	25.89	26.61	27.35	27.85	28.49	29.3	30.05	30.17	30.44	30.88	31.16	31.38
Tibet		2.23	2.23	2.28	2.32	2.35	2.36	2.34	2.33	2.33	2.35	2.4	2.41	2.43	2.39	2.32	2.3	2.28	2.27	2.25	2.22
Shaanxi		13.38	13.77	14.24	14.38	14.77	15.27	15.86	16.37	16.89	17.41	17.98	18.42	19.04	19.82	20.26	21.06	21.53	22.02	22.52	23.16
Gansu		10.61	10.97	11.41	11.62	11.95	12.37	12.65	13.08	13.59	14.07	14.61	15.1	15.61	16.01	16.35	16.64	16.95	17.26	17.55	17.81
Qinghai		2.14	2.21	2.29	2.32	2.37	2.43	2.51	2.61	2.7	2.79	2.83	2.9	2.98	3.04	3.11	3.24	3.28	3.31	3.33	3.3
Ningxia		2.32	2.38	2.45	2.46	2.53	2.61	2.69	2.75	2.87	2.94	3.06	3.14	3.22	3.23	3.3	3.37	3.4	3.42	3.44	3.44
Xinjiang		10.4	10.59	10.89	11.07	11.26	11.38	11.59	11.93	12.04	12.22	12.37	12.58	12.57	12.52	12.45	12.98	12.86	12.75	12.72	12.64

Latest reading

Beijing stood at 21.8 million persons in 2025. That is −0.1% from 2024. The series on this page is annual and runs from 2000 to 2025. Source: National Statistics Office (NSO) of China.

Latest: 21.8 million persons; 2025
vs previous period: −0.1%; 2024

About this data

Year-end resident population of China's 31 provinces, disaggregated by urban and rural areas, allowing for a direct reading of each province's urbanization rate. China has entered a phase of population decline, but the reduction is highly uneven: several northeastern provinces have experienced continuous population loss for over a decade, while Guangdong and Zhejiang continue to attract inward migration. This forms the baseline for all long-term projections regarding China's labor force and real estate sector, and serves as a mirror for Vietnam's own demographic challenges.