Province of China
Fujian
福建省Fujian is a province of China. It covers about 121,000 km² (46,600 mi²), the 23rd largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as Malawi. About 41.5 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 121,000 km²46,600 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 121,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of China | 1.3%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 23rd of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 41.5 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 344 people per km² |
| Capital | Fuzhou |
| Latitude range | 24°N to 28°N |
| Type | ProvinceCN-FJ |
What the numbers say about Fujian
- Fujian covers 1.3% of the area of China and ranks 15th of 31 by population, against 23rd by area.
- It would take 77.7 regions the size of Fujian to cover China.
- Fujian holds 2.9% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 34.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 13.5× the size of Fujian; the smallest, Shanghai, is 5.6% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Anhui (140,000 km², 1.16×) and Zhejiang (101,000 km², 1.19×).
- Counted as a country, Fujian would be larger than 139 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 101st by area, between North Korea (122,000 km²) and Malawi (119,000 km²).
- With 41.5 million people it would rank 34th of 238 by population.
- Fujian has 344 people per km², about the density of Japan, which has 331 per km².
- That makes Fujian the 12th most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 2.29× the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large in area, so Fujian looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Fujian stretches about 528 km north to south and 457 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 121,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 121,000 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 StatesAreaLouisiana1.01× · 120,000 km²PeopleCalifornia1.05× · 39.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTelangana1.05× · 115,000 km²PeopleOdisha0.99× · 42.0 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.72× · 70,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.42× · 85,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.27× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.53× · 78,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaAmapá87% · 139,000 km²PeopleSão Paulo0.94× · 44.4 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.66× · 72,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.77× · 68,100 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaDurango1.00× · 121,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Fujian 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