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25 most populous prefectures of China

25 prefectures, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The prefectures

  1. 1Chongqing32 M
  2. 2Shanghai24.8 M
  3. 3Beijing21.8 M
  4. 4Chengdu20.9 M
  5. 5Guangzhou18.7 M
  6. 6Shenzhen17.5 M
  7. 7Tianjin13.8 M
  8. 8Suzhou12.7 M
  9. 9Zhengzhou12.6 M
  10. 10Wuhan12.4 M
  11. 11Xi'an12.2 M
  12. 12Hangzhou11.9 M
  13. 13Baoding11.5 M
  14. 14Shijiazhuang11.2 M
  15. 15Linyi11 M
  16. 16Dongguan10.5 M
  17. 17Qingdao10.1 M
  18. 18Changsha10 M
  19. 19Harbin10 M
  20. 20Nanyang9.7 M
  21. 21Wenzhou9.6 M
  22. 22Foshan9.5 M
  23. 23Handan9.4 M
  24. 24Ningbo9.4 M
  25. 25Weifang9.4 M

Second-level units: the 336 prefectures, within the 31 provinces (the first level), which the region hint names. Population of each region: for countries whose divisions changed since Natural Earth, the figure of the national statistics office, as each item names it; a 2025 estimate: the latest official figure (a census or an estimate, as each item names it) scaled with the rest of its country’s regions to the World Bank’s 2025 national total, so a country’s regions share one year. Each item names its source and year. Regions without a figure are left out. Sources: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), national statistics offices, as each item names, World Bank (CC BY 4.0), with the official figures each item names.

On the map

Map of 25 most populous prefectures of China, 25 prefectures: each one marked on the globe

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