Province of China
Anhui
安徽省Anhui is a province of China. It covers about 140,000 km² (54,100 mi²), the 22nd largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as Tajikistan. About 61.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 140,000 km²54,100 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 139,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of China | 1.5%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 22nd of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 61.0 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 435 people per km² |
| Capital | Hefei |
| Latitude range | 29°N to 35°N |
| Type | ProvinceCN-AH |
What the numbers say about Anhui
- Anhui covers 1.5% of the area of China and ranks 9th of 31 by population, against 22nd by area.
- It would take 66.9 regions the size of Anhui to cover China.
- Anhui holds 4.3% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 23.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 11.6× the size of Anhui; the smallest, Shanghai, is 4.8% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Liaoning (147,000 km², 1.05×) and Shandong (156,000 km², 1.11×).
- Counted as a country, Anhui would be larger than 144 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 96th by area, between Tajikistan (142,000 km²) and Bangladesh (137,000 km²).
- With 61.0 million people it would rank 24th of 238 by population.
- Anhui has 435 people per km², about the density of India, which has 421 per km².
- That makes Anhui the 9th most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 2.89× the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 32°N is drawn about 1.4× too large in area, so Anhui looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Anhui stretches about 582 km north to south and 448 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 139,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 140,000 km², to within 2%.
About the same size as
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- United StatesAreaArkansas1.02× · 138,000 km²PeopleCalifornia1.54× · 39.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaChhattisgarh1.04× · 135,000 km²PeopleKarnataka1.00× · 61.1 million (2011)
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.65× · 85,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.48× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.78× · 78,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaAmapá1.01× · 139,000 km²PeopleSão Paulo1.37× · 44.4 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.93× · 72,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaVictoria62% · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaCoahuila0.93× · 151,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Anhui sits in China
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2020. China’s units share the 2020 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12