Province of China
Guangdong
广东省Guangdong is a province of China. It covers about 175,000 km² (67,800 mi²), the 15th largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as Uruguay. About 126.0 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 175,000 km²67,800 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 180,000 km²Wikidata · 2.4% above our measure |
| Share of China | 1.9%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 15th of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 126.0 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 718 people per km² |
| Capital | Guangzhou |
| Latitude range | 20°N to 26°N |
| Type | ProvinceCN-GD |
What the numbers say about Guangdong
- Guangdong covers 1.9% of the area of China and ranks 1st of 31 by population, against 15th by area.
- It would take 53.4 regions the size of Guangdong to cover China.
- Guangdong holds 8.9% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 11.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 9.29× the size of Guangdong; the smallest, Shanghai, is 3.8% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Guizhou (175,000 km², 1.00×) and Jiangxi (168,000 km², 1.05×).
- Counted as a country, Guangdong would be larger than 149 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 91st by area, between Uruguay (177,000 km²) and Somaliland (167,000 km²).
- With 126.0 million people it would rank 12th of 238 by population.
- Guangdong has 718 people per km², about the density of Mauritius, which has 628 per km².
- That makes Guangdong the 5th most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 4.78× the average for China (150 per km²).
- Guangdong lies at 23°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.2×.
- Laid out flat, Guangdong stretches about 583 km north to south and 773 km east to west.
- Our measured 175,000 km² is 2.4% below Wikidata's official figure of 180,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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 StatesAreaWashington State1.01× · 174,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- IndiaAreaGujarat0.95× · 184,000 km²PeopleMaharashtra1.12× · 112.4 million (2011)
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.85× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaParaná88% · 199,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaVictoria77% · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaSonora0.98× · 179,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Guangdong 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