Province of China
Jiangxi
江西省Jiangxi is a province of China. It covers about 168,000 km² (64,800 mi²), the 17th largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and 95% of the size of Uruguay. About 45.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 168,000 km²64,800 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 | 17th of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 45.2 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 269 people per km² |
| Capital | Nanchang |
| Latitude range | 25°N to 30°N |
| Type | ProvinceCN-JX |
What the numbers say about Jiangxi
- Jiangxi covers 1.8% of the area of China and ranks 13th of 31 by population, against 17th by area.
- It would take 55.9 regions the size of Jiangxi to cover China.
- Jiangxi holds 3.2% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 31.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 9.72× the size of Jiangxi; the smallest, Shanghai, is 4.0% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Henan (166,000 km², 1.01×) and Guizhou (175,000 km², 1.04×).
- Counted as a country, Jiangxi 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 45.2 million people it would rank 34th of 238 by population.
- Jiangxi has 269 people per km², about the density of Trinidad and Tobago, which has 267 per km².
- That makes Jiangxi the 17th most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 1.79× the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large in area, so Jiangxi looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Jiangxi stretches about 617 km north to south and 482 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 167,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 168,000 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 StatesAreaWisconsin0.99× · 169,000 km²PeopleCalifornia1.14× · 39.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaAndhra Pradesh1.04× · 161,000 km²PeopleOdisha1.08× · 42.0 million (2011)
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.97× · 85,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.77× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaAcre1.09× · 154,000 km²PeopleSão Paulo1.02× · 44.4 million (2022)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria74% · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaSonora0.94× · 179,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Jiangxi 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