Resident population refers to the total number of people alive at a certain point of time within a given area. The annual statistics on resident population is taken at midnight, the 3lst of December, not including residents in Taiwan province, Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR and Chinese national residing abroad.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing | 1 364 | 1 538 | 1 962 | 2 024 | 2 078 | 2 125 | 2 171 | 2 188 | 2 195 | 2 194 | 2 192 | 2 190 | 2 189 | 2 189 |
| Tianjin | 1 001 | 1 043 | 1 299 | 1 341 | 1 378 | 1 410 | 1 429 | 1 439 | 1 443 | 1 410 | 1 383 | 1 385 | 1 387 | 1 373 |
| Hebei | 6 674 | 6 851 | 7 194 | 7 232 | 7 262 | 7 288 | 7 323 | 7 345 | 7 375 | 7 409 | 7 426 | 7 447 | 7 464 | 7 448 |
| Shanxi | 3 247 | 3 355 | 3 574 | 3 562 | 3 548 | 3 535 | 3 528 | 3 519 | 3 514 | 3 510 | 3 502 | 3 497 | 3 490 | 3 480 |
| Inner Mongolia | 2 372 | 2 403 | 2 472 | 2 470 | 2 464 | 2 455 | 2 449 | 2 440 | 2 436 | 2 433 | 2 422 | 2 415 | 2 403 | 2 400 |
| Liaoning | 4 184 | 4 221 | 4 375 | 4 379 | 4 375 | 4 365 | 4 358 | 4 338 | 4 327 | 4 312 | 4 291 | 4 277 | 4 255 | 4 229 |
| Jilin | 2 682 | 2 716 | 2 747 | 2 725 | 2 698 | 2 668 | 2 642 | 2 613 | 2 567 | 2 526 | 2 484 | 2 448 | 2 399 | 2 375 |
| Heilongjiang | 3 807 | 3 820 | 3 833 | 3 782 | 3 724 | 3 666 | 3 608 | 3 529 | 3 463 | 3 399 | 3 327 | 3 255 | 3 171 | 3 125 |
| Shanghai | 1 609 | 1 890 | 2 303 | 2 356 | 2 399 | 2 448 | 2 467 | 2 458 | 2 467 | 2 466 | 2 475 | 2 481 | 2 488 | 2 489 |
| Jiangsu | 7 327 | 7 588 | 7 869 | 8 023 | 8 120 | 8 192 | 8 281 | 8 315 | 8 381 | 8 423 | 8 446 | 8 469 | 8 477 | 8 505 |
| Zhejiang | 4 680 | 4 991 | 5 447 | 5 570 | 5 685 | 5 784 | 5 890 | 5 985 | 6 072 | 6 170 | 6 273 | 6 375 | 6 468 | 6 540 |
| Anhui | 6 093 | 6 120 | 5 957 | 5 972 | 5 978 | 5 988 | 5 997 | 6 011 | 6 033 | 6 057 | 6 076 | 6 092 | 6 105 | 6 113 |
| Fujian | 3 410 | 3 557 | 3 693 | 3 784 | 3 841 | 3 885 | 3 945 | 3 984 | 4 016 | 4 065 | 4 104 | 4 137 | 4 161 | 4 187 |
| Jiangxi | 4 149 | 4 311 | 4 462 | 4 474 | 4 475 | 4 476 | 4 480 | 4 485 | 4 496 | 4 511 | 4 513 | 4 516 | 4 519 | 4 517 |
| Shandong | 8 998 | 9 248 | 9 588 | 9 665 | 9 708 | 9 746 | 9 808 | 9 866 | 9 973 | 10 033 | 10 077 | 10 106 | 10 165 | 10 170 |
| Henan | 9 488 | 9 380 | 9 405 | 9 461 | 9 532 | 9 573 | 9 645 | 9 701 | 9 778 | 9 829 | 9 864 | 9 901 | 9 941 | 9 883 |
| Hubei | 5 646 | 5 710 | 5 728 | 5 760 | 5 781 | 5 798 | 5 816 | 5 850 | 5 885 | 5 904 | 5 917 | 5 927 | 5 745 | 5 830 |
| Hunan | 6 562 | 6 326 | 6 570 | 6 581 | 6 590 | 6 600 | 6 611 | 6 615 | 6 625 | 6 633 | 6 635 | 6 640 | 6 645 | 6 622 |
| Guangdong | 8 650 | 9 194 | 10 441 | 10 756 | 11 041 | 11 270 | 11 489 | 11 678 | 11 908 | 12 141 | 12 348 | 12 489 | 12 624 | 12 684 |
| Guangxi | 4 751 | 4 660 | 4 610 | 4 655 | 4 694 | 4 731 | 4 770 | 4 811 | 4 857 | 4 907 | 4 947 | 4 982 | 5 019 | 5 037 |
| Hainan | 789 | 828 | 869 | 890 | 910 | 920 | 936 | 945 | 957 | 972 | 982 | 995 | 1 012 | 1 020 |
| Chongqing | 2 849 | 2 798 | 2 885 | 2 944 | 2 975 | 3 011 | 3 043 | 3 070 | 3 110 | 3 144 | 3 163 | 3 188 | 3 209 | 3 212 |
| Sichuan | 8 329 | 8 212 | 8 045 | 8 064 | 8 085 | 8 109 | 8 139 | 8 196 | 8 251 | 8 289 | 8 321 | 8 351 | 8 371 | 8 372 |
| Guizhou | 3 756 | 3 730 | 3 479 | 3 530 | 3 587 | 3 632 | 3 677 | 3 708 | 3 758 | 3 803 | 3 822 | 3 848 | 3 858 | 3 852 |
| Yunnan | 4 241 | 4 450 | 4 602 | 4 620 | 4 631 | 4 641 | 4 653 | 4 663 | 4 677 | 4 693 | 4 703 | 4 714 | 4 722 | 4 690 |
| Tibet | 258 | 280 | 300 | 309 | 315 | 317 | 325 | 330 | 340 | 349 | 354 | 361 | 366 | 366 |
| Shaanxi | 3 644 | 3 690 | 3 735 | 3 765 | 3 787 | 3 804 | 3 827 | 3 846 | 3 874 | 3 904 | 3 931 | 3 944 | 3 955 | 3 954 |
| Gansu | 2 515 | 2 545 | 2 560 | 2 552 | 2 550 | 2 537 | 2 531 | 2 523 | 2 520 | 2 522 | 2 515 | 2 509 | 2 501 | 2 490 |
| Qinghai | 517 | 543 | 563 | 568 | 571 | 571 | 576 | 577 | 582 | 586 | 587 | 590 | 593 | 594 |
| Ningxia | 554 | 596 | 633 | 648 | 659 | 666 | 678 | 684 | 695 | 705 | 710 | 717 | 721 | 725 |
| Xinjiang | 1 849 | 2 010 | 2 185 | 2 225 | 2 253 | 2 285 | 2 325 | 2 385 | 2 428 | 2 480 | 2 520 | 2 559 | 2 590 | 2 589 |