Province of China
Shaanxi
陕西省Shaanxi is a province of China. It covers about 206,000 km² (79,400 mi²), the 11th largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as Belarus. About 39.5 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 206,000 km²79,400 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 206,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of China | 2.2%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 11th of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 39.5 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 192 people per km² |
| Capital | Xi'an |
| Latitude range | 32°N to 40°N |
| Type | ProvinceCN-SN |
What the numbers say about Shaanxi
- Shaanxi covers 2.2% of the area of China and ranks 16th of 31 by population, against 11th by area.
- It would take 45.6 regions the size of Shaanxi to cover China.
- Shaanxi holds 2.8% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 36.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 7.92× the size of Shaanxi; the smallest, Shanghai, is 3.3% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Hunan (211,000 km², 1.03×) and Jilin (191,000 km², 1.08×).
- Counted as a country, Shaanxi would be larger than 154 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 86th by area, between Belarus (207,000 km²) and Kyrgyzstan (199,000 km²).
- With 39.5 million people it would rank 37th of 238 by population.
- Shaanxi has 192 people per km², about the density of Uganda, which has 195 per km².
- That makes Shaanxi the 21st most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 1.28× the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 35°N is drawn about 1.5× too large in area, so Shaanxi looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Shaanxi stretches about 878 km north to south and 517 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 206,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 206,000 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 StatesAreaNebraska1.02× · 201,000 km²PeopleCalifornia1.00× · 39.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaKarnataka1.07× · 192,000 km²PeopleOdisha0.94× · 42.0 million (2011)
- BrazilAreaParaná1.04× · 199,000 km²PeopleSão Paulo89% · 44.4 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNewfoundland and Labrador51% · 403,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaVictoria0.90× · 228,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaSonora1.15× · 179,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Shaanxi 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