Municipality of China
Chongqing
重庆市Chongqing is a municipality of China. It covers about 82,400 km² (31,800 mi²), the 26th largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as Austria. About 32.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 82,400 km²31,800 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 82,400 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of China | 0.9%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 26th of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 32.1 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 389 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 28°N to 32°N |
| Type | MunicipalityCN-CQ |
What the numbers say about Chongqing
- Chongqing covers 0.9% of the area of China and ranks 19th of 31 by population, against 26th by area.
- It would take 114 regions the size of Chongqing to cover China.
- Chongqing holds 2.3% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 44.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 19.8× the size of Chongqing; the smallest, Shanghai, is 8.2% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Jiangsu (100,000 km², 1.22×) and Zhejiang (101,000 km², 1.23×).
- Counted as a country, Chongqing would be larger than 124 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 116th by area, between Austria (84,000 km²) and Czechia (78,800 km²).
- With 32.1 million people it would rank 47th of 238 by population.
- Chongqing has 389 people per km², about the density of Belgium, which has 386 per km².
- That makes Chongqing the 11th most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 2.59× the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 30°N is drawn about 1.3× too large in area, so Chongqing looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Chongqing stretches about 445 km north to south and 469 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 82,400 km² agrees with our measured area of 82,400 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 StatesAreaMaine0.98× · 84,300 km²PeopleTexas1.10× · 29.1 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaArunachal Pradesh1.02× · 80,600 km²PeopleAssam1.03× · 31.2 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.18× · 70,000 km²PeopleNorth Rhine-Westphalia1.79× · 17.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaFrench Guiana0.99× · 83,200 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaCastilla–La Mancha1.04× · 79,400 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.05× · 78,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaSanta Catarina87% · 95,100 km²PeopleSão Paulo72% · 44.4 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.13× · 72,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.21× · 68,100 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaJalisco1.03× · 80,000 km²PeopleState of Mexico1.98× · 16.2 million (2015)
Where Chongqing 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