Hunan Is To France As Sichuan Is To….

Another fantastic entry from Strange Maps, this one showing the populations of China’s 34 provinces relative to countries of similar population. The top ten:



  1. Guangdong (113 million) Germany
  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