Autonomous Region of China
Ningxia
宁夏回族自治区Ningxia is an autonomous region of China. It covers about 52,100 km² (20,100 mi²), the 27th largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as Bosnia and Herzegovina. About 7.2 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 52,100 km²20,100 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 52,200 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of China | 0.6%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 27th of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 7.2 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 138 people per km² |
| Capital | Yinchuan |
| Latitude range | 35°N to 39°N |
| Type | Autonomous RegionCN-NX |
What the numbers say about Ningxia
- Ningxia covers 0.6% of the area of China and ranks 29th of 31 by population, against 27th by area.
- It would take 180 regions the size of Ningxia to cover China.
- Ningxia holds 0.5% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 196.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 31.3× the size of Ningxia; the smallest, Shanghai, is 13% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Hainan (33,800 km², 1.54×) and Chongqing (82,400 km², 1.58×).
- Counted as a country, Ningxia would be larger than 112 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 128th by area, between Croatia (55,000 km²) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km²).
- With 7.2 million people it would rank 106th of 238 by population.
- Ningxia has 138 people per km², about the density of Czechia, which has 139 per km².
- That makes Ningxia the 23rd most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 92% of the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 37°N is drawn about 1.6× too large in area, so Ningxia looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Ningxia stretches about 458 km north to south and 291 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 52,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 52,100 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 StatesAreaWest Virginia83% · 62,700 km²PeopleArizona1.01× · 7.2 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaUttarakhand0.99× · 52,600 km²PeopleHimachal Pradesh1.05× · 6.9 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaLower Saxony1.10× · 47,600 km²PeopleLower Saxony0.91× · 7.9 million (2022)
- FranceAreaBourgogne-Franche-Comté1.09× · 48,000 km²PeopleAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes88% · 8.2 million (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleLazio1.23× · 5.9 million (2019)
- SpainAreaAragon1.09× · 47,600 km²PeopleCommunity of Madrid1.03× · 7.0 million (2024)
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)66% · 78,800 km²PeopleSaitama0.98× · 7.3 million (2021)
- BrazilAreaRio Grande do Norte0.99× · 52,800 km²PeopleGoiás1.02× · 7.1 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNova Scotia0.95× · 55,100 km²PeopleQuebec85% · 8.5 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)77% · 68,100 km²PeopleVictoria1.03× · 7.0 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaCampeche0.91× · 57,100 km²PeopleJalisco0.92× · 7.8 million (2015)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleBangkok1.27× · 5.7 million (2018)
Where Ningxia sits in China
All 31 drawn on one equal-area map, so sizes are comparable. Select another to open it.
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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