2008-10-11

Map: China = Σ (34+1 nations)

Hatip: Thomas Barnett

Map of China - by population benchmarking from strangemaps.wordpress.com

Here, for easy reference, is a list in descending order of magnitude of those Chinese territories (their population in brackets) followed by the foreign country they compare to.

  1. Guangdong (113 million) Germany plus Uganda (3)
  2. Henan (99 million) Mexico
  3. Shandong (92 million) Philippines
  4. Sichuan (87 million) Vietnam
  5. Jiangsu (75 million) Egypt
  6. Hebei (68 million) Iran
  7. Hunan (67 million) France
  8. Anhui (65 million) Thailand
  9. Hubei (60 million) U.K.
  10. Guangxi (49 million) Burma/Myanmar
  11. Zhejiang (47 million) South Africa
  12. Yunnan (44 million) Colombia
  13. Jiangxi (43 million) Tanzania
  14. Liaoning (42 million) Argentina
  15. Guizhou (39 million) Sudan
  16. Heilongjiang (38 million) Poland
  17. Shaanxi (37 million) Kenya
  18. Fujian (35 million) Algeria
  19. Shanxi (33 million) Canada
  20. Chongqing (31 million) Morocco
  21. Jilin (27 million) Afghanistan
  22. Gansu (26 million) Saudi Arabia
  23. Inner Mongolia (24 million) North Korea
  24. Taiwan (23 million) Yemen
  25. Xinjiang (20 million) Madagascar
  26. Shanghai (18 million) Cameroon
  27. Beijing (16 million) Angola
  28. Tianjin (12 million) Cuba
  29. Hainan (8 million) Austria
  30. Hong Kong (7 million) El Salvador
  31. Ningxia (6 million) Sierra Leone
  32. Qinghai (5 million) Slovakia
  33. Tibet (3 million) Jamaica
  34. Macau (0,5 million) Cape Verde

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