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This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Republic of China (ROC), including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions, in order of their total resident populations (常住人口) at the end of 2007.

Taiwan, ROC and Fujian, ROC, which are at this point of time under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (ROC) and hence have their own administration zoning, are added for comparative purposes only, and the figure for Fujian Province, PRC excludes population in Fujian Province, ROC.

Rank	Administrative Division	Population	Comparable country (country rank worldwide)
—	China	1,328,790,000
1	Guangdong	94,490,000	Philippines (12)
2	Shandong	93,670,000	Vietnam (13) +  Sierra Leone (107)
3	Henan	93,600,000	Ethiopia (15) +  Guatemala (66)
4	Sichuan	81,270,000	Germany (14)
5	Jiangsu	76,245,000	Egypt (16)
6	Hebei	69,430,000	Iran (18)
7	Hunan	63,550,000	Thailand (21)
8	Anhui	61,180,000	United Kingdom (22)
9	Hubei	56,990,000	Italy (23)
10	Zhejiang	50,600,000	Myanmar (24)
11	Guangxi[1]	47,680,000	South Korea (26)
12	Yunnan	45,140,000	Spain (28)
13	Jiangxi	43,680,000	Colombia (29)
14	Liaoning	42,980,000	Sudan (31)
15	Guizhou	37,620,000	Kenya (32)
16	Heilongjiang	38,240,000	Argentina (33)
17	Shaanxi	37,480,000	Poland (34)
18	Fujian	35,810,000	Algeria (35)
19	Shanxi	33,930,000	Canada (36)
20	Chongqing[2]	28,160,000	Nepal (40)
21	Jilin	27,30,000	Uzbekistan (45)
22	Gansu	26,170,000	Saudi Arabia (45)
23	Inner Mongolia[1]	24,050,000	North Korea (47)
—	Taiwan Province, ROC[3]	22,980,000
24	Xinjiang[1]	20,950,000	Mozambique (51)
25	Shanghai[2]	18,580,000	Cameroon (58)
26	Beijing[2]	16,330,000	Netherlands (61)
27	Tianjin[2]	11,150,000	Greece (73)
28	Hainan	8,450,000	Austria (92)
29	Hong Kong[4]	6,960,000	Tajikistan (98)
30	Ningxia[1]	6,100,000	Paraguay (102)
31	Qinghai	5,520,000	Denmark (108)
32	Tibet [1]	2,840,000	Kuwait (136)
33	Macau[4]	540,000	Solomon Islands (164)
—	Fujian Province, ROC[3]	90,000

Parentheses indicate the total population rather than the total resident population. The former may be less reflective of population changes due to migration.

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[edit] Sources

• National Bureau of Statistics (PRC)
• Taiwan Provincial Government official site (ROC)
• ROC FuJian Provincial Government (Chinese) (ROC)