Province of China
Liaoning
辽宁省Liaoning is a province of China. It covers about 147,000 km² (56,600 mi²), the 21st largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as Nepal. About 42.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 147,000 km²56,600 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 146,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of China | 1.6%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 21st of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 42.6 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 291 people per km² |
| Capital | Shenyang |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 43°N |
| Type | ProvinceCN-LN |
What the numbers say about Liaoning
- Liaoning covers 1.6% of the area of China and ranks 14th of 31 by population, against 21st by area.
- It would take 64.0 regions the size of Liaoning to cover China.
- Liaoning holds 3.0% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 33.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 11.1× the size of Liaoning; the smallest, Shanghai, is 4.6% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Anhui (140,000 km², 1.05×) and Shandong (156,000 km², 1.06×).
- Counted as a country, Liaoning would be larger than 146 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 94th by area, between Nepal (147,000 km²) and Suriname (145,000 km²).
- With 42.6 million people it would rank 34th of 238 by population.
- Liaoning has 291 people per km², about the density of Vietnam, which has 293 per km².
- That makes Liaoning the 16th most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 1.93× the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 41°N is drawn about 1.8× too large in area, so Liaoning looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Liaoning stretches about 528 km north to south and 581 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 146,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 147,000 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 StatesAreaFlorida1.00× · 147,000 km²PeopleCalifornia1.08× · 39.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaOdisha0.94× · 155,000 km²PeopleOdisha1.01× · 42.0 million (2011)
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.72× · 85,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.55× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.86× · 78,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaCeará0.98× · 150,000 km²PeopleSão Paulo0.96× · 44.4 million (2022)
- AustraliaAreaVictoria64% · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaCoahuila0.97× · 151,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Liaoning 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