Municipality of China
Tianjin
天津市Tianjin is a municipality of China. It covers about 11,500 km² (4,430 mi²), the 30th largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as Qatar. About 13.9 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 11,500 km²4,430 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 11,900 km²Wikidata · 3.7% above our measure |
| Share of China | 0.1%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 30th of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 13.9 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 1,208 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 39°N to 40°N |
| Type | MunicipalityCN-TJ |
What the numbers say about Tianjin
- Tianjin covers 0.1% of the area of China and ranks 27th of 31 by population, against 30th by area.
- It would take 817 regions the size of Tianjin to cover China.
- Tianjin holds 1.0% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 102.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 142× the size of Tianjin; the smallest, Shanghai, is 59% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Beijing (16,300 km², 1.42×) and Shanghai (6,750 km², 1.70×).
- Counted as a country, Tianjin would be larger than 76 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 164th by area, between Falkland Islands (11,600 km²) and Qatar (11,200 km²).
- With 13.9 million people it would rank 77th of 238 by population.
- Tianjin has 1,208 people per km², about the density of Bangladesh, which has 1,252 per km².
- That makes Tianjin the 3rd most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 8.04× the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 39°N is drawn about 1.7× too large in area, so Tianjin looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Tianjin stretches about 189 km north to south and 115 km east to west.
- Our measured 11,500 km² is 3.7% below Wikidata's official figure of 11,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
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 StatesAreaConnecticut0.90× · 12,700 km²PeoplePennsylvania1.07× · 13.0 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaTripura1.07× · 10,700 km²PeopleJammu and Kashmir1.13× · 12.3 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaSchleswig-Holstein74% · 15,400 km²PeopleBavaria1.06× · 13.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreaÎle-de-France0.95× · 12,100 km²PeopleÎle-de-France1.12× · 12.4 million (2022)
- ItalyAreaAbruzzo1.05× · 10,900 km²PeopleLombardy1.38× · 10.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreaMurcia1.01× · 11,300 km²PeopleAndalusia1.61× · 8.6 million (2024)
- JapanAreaAkita0.98× · 11,700 km²PeopleTokyo0.97× · 14.3 million (2022)
- BrazilAreaSergipe53% · 21,600 km²PeopleBahia0.98× · 14.1 million (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleOntario0.97× · 14.2 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleNew South Wales1.62× · 8.5 million (2024)
- MexicoAreaQuerétaro0.98× · 11,700 km²PeopleState of Mexico86% · 16.2 million (2015)
- ThailandAreaChiang Rai1.02× · 11,300 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Tianjin 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