Province of China
Zhejiang
浙江省Zhejiang is a province of China. It covers about 101,000 km² (39,100 mi²), the 24th largest of the 31 provinces and regions in Natural Earth’s file for China, and about the same size as Iceland. About 64.6 million people live there (Wikidata, 2020).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 101,000 km²39,100 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 102,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| Share of China | 1.1%of the area of the 31 provinces and regions |
| Rank by area | 24th of 31provinces and regions of China |
| Population | 64.6 millionWikidata, 2020 · the census year of every unit |
| Density | 637 people per km² |
| Capital | Hangzhou |
| Latitude range | 27°N to 31°N |
| Type | ProvinceCN-ZJ |
What the numbers say about Zhejiang
- Zhejiang covers 1.1% of the area of China and ranks 8th of 31 by population, against 24th by area.
- It would take 92.5 regions the size of Zhejiang to cover China.
- Zhejiang holds 4.6% of the 1.41 billion people that Wikidata’s 2020 figures give for the 31 provinces and regions together: about 1 in 22.
- The largest, Xinjiang, is 16.1× the size of Zhejiang; the smallest, Shanghai, is 6.7% of it.
- Closest in size within China: Jiangsu (100,000 km², 1.01×) and Fujian (121,000 km², 1.19×).
- Counted as a country, Zhejiang would be larger than 132 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 108th by area, between Iceland (102,000 km²) and South Korea (98,500 km²).
- With 64.6 million people it would rank 23rd of 238 by population.
- Zhejiang has 637 people per km², about the density of Mauritius, which has 628 per km².
- That makes Zhejiang the 7th most densely populated of the 31 provinces and regions, 4.24× the average for China (150 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 29°N is drawn about 1.3× too large in area, so Zhejiang looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Zhejiang stretches about 444 km north to south and 427 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 102,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 101,000 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 StatesAreaVirginia0.98× · 104,000 km²PeopleCalifornia1.63× · 39.5 million (2020)
- IndiaAreaBihar1.07× · 94,700 km²PeopleKarnataka1.06× · 61.1 million (2011)
- GermanyAreaBavaria1.45× · 70,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- FranceAreaNouvelle-Aquitaine1.19× · 85,000 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- SpainAreaCastile and León1.07× · 94,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- JapanAreaHokkaido (Japan)1.29× · 78,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- BrazilAreaPernambuco1.04× · 97,600 km²PeopleSão Paulo1.45× · 44.4 million (2022)
- CanadaAreaNew Brunswick1.39× · 72,800 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- AustraliaAreaTasmania (Australia)1.49× · 68,100 km²Peoplenone within 2×
- MexicoAreaOaxaca1.10× · 92,200 km²Peoplenone within 2×
Where Zhejiang 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