Welcome to our interactive map of resources about The Church in China.
Click on a province on the map below
or one from the drop-down lists above, to access information specific to that province including maps and extensive statistics on the number of Christians in each city, county and district throughout all of China. The provinces also contain inspirational testimonies about God’s work both in history and to the current time, and profiles of people groups found in the province. Our Resource Page is continually being added to, and at the moment most of our articles can be found in Shandong, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Please check back often as we plan to add hundreds of new articles in the future.
National Overview | |
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Chinese Spelling | 中国 |
Pronounced | Zhong-Guo |
Population | 1,265,830,000 (2000) |
1,339,725,000 (2010) | |
1,422,743,000 (2020) | |
Area | 3,705,407 sq. miles (9,596,961 sq. km) |
Population Density | 375 people per sq. mile (145 per sq. km) |
Highest Elevation | 29,029 feet (8,848 meters) |
Capital City | Beijing 20,284,000 |
Largest Cities (2020) | Shanghai: 26,747,600 |
Chongqing: 15,655,050 | |
Tianjin: 13,508,200 | |
Guangzhou: 13,162,100 | |
Shenzhen: 12,261,500 | |
Chengdu: 9,067,300 | |
Nanjing: 8,720,900 | |
Wuhan: 8,323,500 | |
Administrative Divisions | Provinces: 22 |
Autonomous Regions: 5 | |
Municipalities: 4 | |
Prefectures: 338 | |
Counties: 2,803 | |
Towns: 43,200 | |
Largest Officially-Recognized Ethnic Groups (2010) | Han Chinese: 1,220,844,520 (91.6%) |
Zhuang: 16,926,381 (1.3%) | |
Hui: 10,586,087 (0.8%) | |
Manchu: 10,387,958 (0.8%) | |
Uyghur: 10,069,346 (0.8%) | |
Miao: 9,426,007 (0.7%) |