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Shanghai is China's most populous urban area, [8] [9] while Chongqing is its largest city proper, the only city in China with the largest permanent population of over 30 million. [10] As of 2020, there were 113 Chinese cities with over 1 million people in urban areas. [11]
Guangzhou, [a] previously romanized as Canton [6] or Kwangchow, [7] is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. [8] Located on the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the Silk Road.
PRC-controlled administrative divisions by population (2013). Average Annual Population Growth Rate in each Chinese province (exc. Taiwan), municipality, and autonomous region between 2010 and 2020 according to the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics. This is a list of Chinese administrative divisions in order of their total resident populations.
22 companies from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) make their mark on the 2024 Fortune Global 500 list, including 17 from Guangdong and 5 from Hong Kong. [26] Guangzhou has become a key player in the NEV (New Energy Vehicles) industry, with the district's output expected to surpass 300,000 units annually by 2024.
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[12] [13] In 2016, China set a target of increasing its population to about 1.42 billion by 2020, from 1.34 billion in 2010. [14] After the relaxation of the one-child policy, 17.9 million babies were born in 2016, an increase of 1.3 million over the previous year, but only half of what was expected. [15]
22 February – 2024 Lixinsha Bridge collapse: Five people are killed when a ship rams the Lixinsha Bridge in Guangzhou. [8] 24 February – 2024 Nanjing building fire: A fire at an apartment block in Nanjing kills 15 people. [9] 28 February – China urges the world's largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty. [10]
Population of the present-day top seven most-populous countries, 1800 to 2100. Future projections are based on the 2024 UN's medium-fertility scenario. Chart created by Our World In Data in 2024. The following is a list of countries by past and projected future population. This assumes that countries stay constant in the unforeseeable future ...