This is a list of administrative regions of the People's Republic of China (including all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and special administrative regions) in order of their total population. The data are from the Fifth National Census (2000) conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of China. Taiwan province, which is completely under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China, is excluded from this list.

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Total Population
  1. Henan - 92,560,000
  2. Shandong - 90,790,000
  3. Guangdong - 86,420,000
  4. Sichuan - 83,290,000
  5. Jiangsu - 74,380,000
  6. Hebei - 67,440,000
  7. Hunan - 64,400,000
  8. Hubei - 60,280,000
  9. Anhui - 59,860,000
  10. Zhejiang - 46,770,000
  11. Guangxi - 44,980,000
  12. Yunnan - 42,880,000
  13. Liaoning - 42,380,000
  14. Jiangxi - 41,400,000
  15. Heilongjiang - 36,890,000
  16. Shaanxi - 36,050,000
  17. Guizhou - 35,250,000
  18. Fujian - 34,710,000
  19. Shanxi - 32,970,000
  20. Chongqing Municipality - 30,900,000
  21. Jilin - 27,280,000
  22. Gansu - 25,620,000
  23. Inner Mongolia - 23,760,000
  24. Xinjiang - 19,250,000
  25. Shanghai Municipality - 16,740,000
  26. Beijing Municipality - 13,820,000
  27. Tianjin Municipality - 10,010,000
  28. Hainan - 7,870,000
  29. Hong Kong - 7,303,334 (as of 2002)
  30. Ningxia - 5,620,000
  31. Qinghai - 5,180,000
  32. Tibet - 2,630,000
  33. PLA currently in service - 2,500,000
  34. Macau - 461,833 (as of 2002)