Province of China
Hubei
湖北省Hubei is a province of China. It covers about 186,000 km² (71,700 mi²), the 14th largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as Syria. About 57.8 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 186,000 km²71,700 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 186,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of China | 2.0%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 14th of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 57.8 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 311 people per km² |
| Capital | Wuhan |
| Latitude range | 29°N to 33°N |
| Type | ProvinceCN-HB |
What the numbers say about Hubei
- Hubei covers 2.0% of the area of China and ranks 10th of 31 by population, against 14th by area.
- It would take 50.5 regions the size of Hubei to cover China.
- Hubei holds 4.1% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 24.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 8.78× the size of Hubei; the smallest, Shanghai, is 3.6% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Hebei (189,000 km², 1.02×) and Jilin (191,000 km², 1.03×).
- Counted as a country, Hubei would be larger than 151 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 89th by area, between Syria (186,000 km²) and Cambodia (181,000 km²).
- With 57.8 million people it would rank 25th of 238 by population.
- Hubei has 311 people per km², about the density of Sri Lanka, which has 323 per km².
- That makes Hubei the 14th most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 2.07× the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large in area, so Hubei looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Hubei stretches about 469 km north to south and 747 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 186,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 186,000 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 StatesAreaNorth Dakota1.02× · 183,000 km²PeopleCalifornia1.46× · 39.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaGujarat1.01× · 184,000 km²PeopleGujarat0.96× · 60.4 million (2011)
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.96× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaParaná0.93× · 199,000 km²PeopleSão Paulo1.30× · 44.4 million (2022)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria81% · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaSonora1.04× · 179,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Hubei 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