Autonomous Region of China
Guangxi
广西壮族自治区Guangxi is an autonomous region of China. It covers about 237,000 km² (91,600 mi²), the 9th largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as Romania. About 50.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 237,000 km²91,600 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 235,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of China | 2.5%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 9th of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 50.1 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 211 people per km² |
| Capital | Nanning |
| Latitude range | 21°N to 26°N |
| Type | Autonomous RegionCN-GX |
What the numbers say about Guangxi
- Guangxi covers 2.5% of the area of China and ranks 11th of 31 by population, against 9th by area.
- It would take 39.5 regions the size of Guangxi to cover China.
- Guangxi holds 3.6% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 28.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 6.87× the size of Guangxi; the smallest, Shanghai, is 2.8% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Hunan (211,000 km², 1.12×) and Shaanxi (206,000 km², 1.15×).
- Counted as a country, Guangxi would be larger than 158 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 82nd by area, between Ghana (239,000 km²) and Romania (236,000 km²).
- With 50.1 million people it would rank 29th of 238 by population.
- Guangxi has 211 people per km², about the density of North Korea, which has 216 per km².
- That makes Guangxi the 20th most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 1.40× the average for China (150 per km²).
- Guangxi lies at 24°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, Guangxi stretches about 556 km north to south and 765 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 235,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 237,000 km², to within 2%.
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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 StatesAreaMichigan0.95× · 250,000 km²PeopleCalifornia1.27× · 39.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaUttar Pradesh0.99× · 240,000 km²PeopleAndhra Pradesh1.01× · 49.6 million (2011)
- BrazilAreaRondônia1.00× · 238,000 km²PeopleSão Paulo1.13× · 44.4 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador59% · 403,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaVictoria1.04× · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaChihuahua0.96× · 248,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Guangxi 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