Province of China
Gansu
甘肃省Gansu is a province of China. It covers about 406,000 km² (157,000 mi²), the 7th largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as Paraguay. About 25.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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- Paraguay
Facts
| Area, measured | 406,000 km²157,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 454,000 km²Wikidata · 11% above our measure |
| Share of China | 4.3%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 7th of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 25.0 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 62 people per km² |
| Capital | Lanzhou |
| Latitude range | 33°N to 43°N |
| Type | ProvinceCN-GS |
What the numbers say about Gansu
- Gansu covers 4.3% of the area of China and ranks 22nd of 31 by population, against 7th by area.
- It would take 23.1 regions the size of Gansu to cover China.
- Gansu holds 1.8% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 56.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 4.02× the size of Gansu; the smallest, Shanghai, is 1.7% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Yunnan (385,000 km², 1.05×) and Heilongjiang (452,000 km², 1.12×).
- Counted as a country, Gansu would be larger than 180 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 60th by area, between Iraq (437,000 km²) and Paraguay (400,000 km²).
- With 25.0 million people it would rank 56th of 238 by population.
- Gansu has 62 people per km², about the density of Panama, which has 61 per km².
- That makes Gansu the 27th most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 41% of the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 38°N is drawn about 1.6× too large in area, so Gansu looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Gansu stretches about 1,130 km north to south and 1,390 km east to west.
- Our measured 406,000 km² is 11% below Wikidata's official figure of 454,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
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 StatesAreaCalifornia0.99× · 410,000 km²PeopleFlorida1.16× · 21.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaRajasthan1.18× · 343,000 km²PeopleHaryana0.99× · 25.4 million (2011)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleNorth Rhine-Westphalia1.40× · 17.9 million (2022)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleTokyo1.75× · 14.3 million (2022)
- BrazilAreaMato Grosso do Sul1.14× · 356,000 km²PeopleMinas Gerais1.22× · 20.5 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador1.01× · 403,000 km²PeopleOntario1.76× · 14.2 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria1.78× · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaChihuahua1.64× · 248,000 km²PeopleState of Mexico1.55× · 16.2 million (2015)
Where Gansu 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