Province of China
Guizhou
贵州省Guizhou is a province of China. It covers about 175,000 km² (67,600 mi²), the 16th largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as Uruguay. About 38.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 175,000 km²67,600 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 176,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of China | 1.9%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 16th of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 38.6 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 220 people per km² |
| Capital | Guiyang |
| Latitude range | 25°N to 29°N |
| Type | ProvinceCN-GZ |
What the numbers say about Guizhou
- Guizhou covers 1.9% of the area of China and ranks 17th of 31 by population, against 16th by area.
- It would take 53.5 regions the size of Guizhou to cover China.
- Guizhou holds 2.7% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 37.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 9.31× the size of Guizhou; the smallest, Shanghai, is 3.9% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Guangdong (175,000 km², 1.00×) and Jiangxi (168,000 km², 1.04×).
- Counted as a country, Guizhou 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 38.6 million people it would rank 37th of 238 by population.
- Guizhou has 220 people per km², about the density of Switzerland, which has 220 per km².
- That makes Guizhou the 19th most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 1.46× the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 27°N is drawn about 1.3× too large in area, so Guizhou looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Guizhou stretches about 512 km north to south and 586 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 176,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 175,000 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 StatesAreaWashington State1.01× · 174,000 km²PeopleCalifornia0.98× · 39.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaGujarat0.95× · 184,000 km²PeopleOdisha0.92× · 42.0 million (2011)
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.85× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaParaná88% · 199,000 km²PeopleSão Paulo87% · 44.4 million (2022)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria77% · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaSonora0.98× · 179,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Guizhou 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