Daftar divisi administrasi Tiongkok berdasarkan populasi
Data sensus

| Divisi Administratif | 2010  | 2000  | 1990  | 1982  | 1964  | 1954  | 1947  | 1936-37  | 1928  | 1912  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Republik Rakyat Tiongkok | 1,347,339,000 | 1,273,050,000 | 1,160,017,381 | 1,031,882,511 | 723,070,269 | 601,938,035 |  |  |  |  |
| Republik Tiongkok |  |  |  |  |  |  | 461,983,000 | 469,203,000 | 464,904,000 | 410,143,000 |
| Guangdong | 104,303,132 | 85,225,007 | 62,829,236 | 59,299,220 | 42,800,849 | 34,770,059 | 27,210,000 | 32,453,000 | 32,428,000 | 28,011,000 |
| Shandong | 100,063,065 | 89,971,789 | 84,392,827 | 74,419,054 | 55,519,038 | 48,876,548 | 38,865,000 | 38,100,000 | 28,672,000 | 30,989,000 |
| Henan | 94,023,567 | 91,236,854 | 85,509,535 | 74,422,739 | 50,325,511 | 44,214,594 | 29,654,000 | 34,290,000 | 30,566,000 | 28,518,000 |
| Sichuan | 80,418,200 | 82,348,296 | 107,218,173 | 99,713,310 | 67,956,490 | 62,303,999 | 47,437,000 | 52,706,000 | 47,992,000 | 48,130,000 |
| Jiangsu | 78,659,903 | 73,043,577 | 67,056,519 | 60,521,114 | 44,504,608 | 41,252,192 | 36,080,000 | 36,469,000 | 34,126,000 | 32,283,000 |
| Hebei | 71,854,202 | 66,684,419 | 61,082,439 | 53,005,876 | 45,687,781 | 35,984,644 | 28,719,000 | 28,644,000 | 31,232,000 | 26,658,000 |
| Hunan | 65,683,722 | 63,274,173 | 60,659,754 | 54,008,851 | 37,182,286 | 33,226,954 | 25,558,000 | 28,294,000 | 31,501,000 | 27,617,000 |
| Anhui | 59,500,510 | 58,999,948 | 56,180,813 | 49,665,724 | 31,241,657 | 30,343,637 | 22,462,000 | 23,354,000 | 21,715,000 | 16,229,000 |
| Hubei | 57,237,740 | 59,508,870 | 53,969,210 | 47,804,150 | 33,709,344 | 27,789,693 | 20,976,000 | 25,516,000 | 26,699,000 | 29,590,000 |
| Zhejiang | 54,426,891 | 45,930,651 | 41,445,930 | 38,884,603 | 28,318,573 | 22,865,747 | 19,959,000 | 21,231,000 | 20,643,000 | 21,440,000 |
| Guangxi | 46,026,629 | 43,854,538 | 42,245,765 | 36,420,960 | 20,845,017 | 19,560,822 | 14,636,000 | 13,385,000 | 13,648,000 | 7,879,000 |
| Yunnan | 45,966,239 | 42,360,089 | 36,972,610 | 32,553,817 | 20,509,525 | 17,472,737 | 9,066,000 | 12,042,000 | 13,821,000 | 9,468,000 |
| Jiangxi | 44,567,475 | 40,397,598 | 37,710,281 | 33,184,827 | 21,068,019 | 16,772,865 | 12,507,000 | 15,805,000 | 20,323,000 | 23,988,000 |
| Liaoning | 43,746,323 | 41,824,412 | 39,459,697 | 35,721,693 | 26,946,200 | 18,545,147 | 10,007,000 | 15,254,000 | 15,233,000 | 12,133,000 |
| Fujian | 36,894,216 | 34,097,947 | 30,097,274 | 25,931,106 | 16,757,223 | 13,142,721 | 11,143,000 | 11,756,000 | 10,071,000 | 15,849,000 |
| Shaanxi | 37,327,378 | 35,365,072 | 32,882,403 | 28,904,423 | 20,766,915 | 15,881,281 | 10,011,000 | 9,780,000 | 11,802,000 | 9,364,000 |
| Heilongjiang | 38,312,224 | 36,237,576 | 35,214,873 | 32,665,546 | 20,118,271 | 11,897,309 | 2,844,000 | 3,751,000 | 3,725,000 | 2,029,000 |
| Shanxi | 37,022,111 | 32,471,242 | 28,759,014 | 25,291,389 | 18,015,067 | 14,314,485 | 15,247,000 | 11,601,000 | 12,228,000 | 10,082,000 |
| Guizhou | 35,806,468 | 35,247,695 | 32,391,066 | 28,552,997 | 17,140,521 | 15,037,310 | 10,174,000 | 9,919,000 | 14,746,000 | 9,665,000 |
| Chongqing | 28,846,170 | 30,512,763 | * | * | * | * | 986,000 | * | * | * |
| Jilin | 27,462,297 | 26,802,191 | 24,658,721 | 22,560,053 | 15,668,663 | 11,290,073 | 6,465,000 | 7,354,000 | 7,635,000 | 5,580,000 |
| Gansu | 25,575,254 | 25,124,282 | 22,371,141 | 19,569,261 | 12,630,569 | 12,928,102 | 7,091,000 | 6,716,000 | 6,281,000 | 4,990,000 |
| Mongolia Dalam | 24,706,321 | 23,323,347 | 21,456,798 | 19,274,279 | 12,348,638 | 6,100,104 | * | * | * | * |
| Shanghai | 23,019,148 | 16,407,734 | 13,341,896 | 11,859,748 | 10,816,458 | 6,204,417 | 4,630,000 | 3,727,000 | * | * |
| Xinjiang | 21,813,334 | 18,459,511 | 15,155,778 | 13,081,681 | 7,270,067 | 4,873,608 | 4,047,000 | 4,360,000 | 2,552,000 | 2,098,000 |
| Beijing | 19,612,368 | 13,569,194 | 10,819,407 | 9,230,687 | 7,568,495 | 2,768,149 | 1,722,000 | 1,551,000 | * | * |
| Tianjin | 12,938,224 | 9,848,731 | 8,785,402 | 7,764,141 | * | 2,693,831 | 1,773,000 | 1,218,000 | * | * |
| Hainan | 9,261,518 | 7,559,035 | 6,557,482 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
|  Hong Kong | 7,061,200 | 6,708,389 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Ningxia | 6,176,900 | 5,486,393 | 4,655,451 | 3,895,578 | * | * | 759,000 | 978,000 | 1,450,000 | 303,000 |
| Qinghai | 5,626,722 | 4,822,963 | 4,456,946 | 3,895,706 | 2,145,604 | 1,676,534 | 1,308,000 | 1,196,000 | 619,000 | 368,000 |
| Tibet | 3,002,166 | 2,616,329 | 2,196,010 | 1,892,393 | 1,251,225 | 1,273,969 |  |  |  |  |
|  Macau | 552,503 | 435,235 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Rehe | * | * | * | * | * | 5,160,822 | 6,197,000 | 2,185,000 | 6,593,000 | 4,630,000 |
| Xikang | * | * | * | * | * | 3,381,064 | 1,697,000 | 968,000 | 890,000 | * |
| Chahar | * | * | * | * | * | * | 2,186,000 | 2,036,000 | 1,997,000 | 1,622,000 |
| Suiyuan | * | * | * | * | * | * | 2,233,000 | 2,084,000 | 2,124,000 | 630,000 |
| Nanjing | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1,114,000 | 1,019,000 | * | * |
| Qingdao | * | * | * | * | * | * | 851,000 | 515,000 | * | * |
| Xi'an | * | * | * | * | * | * | 628,000 | 206,000 | * | * |
| Dongsheng | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 680,000 | * | * |
| Weihai | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | 222,000 | * | * |
| Liaodong | * | * | * | * | * | * | 2,992,000 | * | * | * |
| Liaobei | * | * | * | * | * | * | 4,629,000 | * | * | * |
| Songjiang | * | * | * | * | * | * | 2,571,000 | * | * | * |
| Hejiang | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1,841,000 | * | * | * |
| Nenjiang | * | * | * | * | * | * | 3,333,000 | * | * | * |
| Xing'an | * | * | * | * | * | * | 328,000 | * | * | * |
| Guangzhou | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1,128,000 | * | * | * |
| Wuhan | * | * | * | * | * | * | 722,000 | * | * | * |
| Shenyang | * | * | * | * | * | * | 1,021,000 | * | * | * |
| Dalian | * | * | * | * | * | * | 544,000 | * | * | * |
| Harbin | * | * | * | * | * | * | 760,000 | * | * | * |
| Taiwan |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,872,084 |  |  |  |