Province of China
Henan
河南省Henan is a province of China. It covers about 166,000 km² (64,100 mi²), the 18th largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and 1.06× the size of Tunisia. About 99.4 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 166,000 km²64,100 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 167,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of China | 1.8%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 18th of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 99.4 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 598 people per km² |
| Capital | Zhengzhou |
| Latitude range | 31°N to 36°N |
| Type | ProvinceCN-HA |
What the numbers say about Henan
- Henan covers 1.8% of the area of China and ranks 3rd of 31 by population, against 18th by area.
- It would take 56.4 regions the size of Henan to cover China.
- Henan holds 7.0% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 14.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 9.81× the size of Henan; the smallest, Shanghai, is 4.1% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Jiangxi (168,000 km², 1.01×) and Guizhou (175,000 km², 1.05×).
- Counted as a country, Henan would be larger than 148 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 92nd by area, between Somaliland (167,000 km²) and Tunisia (157,000 km²).
- With 99.4 million people it would rank 16th of 238 by population.
- Henan has 598 people per km², about the density of Lebanon, which has 610 per km².
- That makes Henan the 8th most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 3.98× the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 34°N is drawn about 1.5× too large in area, so Henan looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Henan stretches about 551 km north to south and 580 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 167,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 166,000 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 StatesAreaWisconsin0.98× · 169,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- IndiaAreaAndhra Pradesh1.03× · 161,000 km²PeopleBihar0.96× · 103.8 million (2011)
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.95× · 85,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.75× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaAcre1.08× · 154,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaVictoria73% · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaSonora0.93× · 179,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Henan 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