The Geography of China

The Geography of China
When talking about China and Chinese Culture, what will come to your
mind first? Its long history, tasty food, or the big cities like Beijing or
Shanghai? But, you might have missed the fact that, geographical
speaking, China is also one of the largest countries in the world. How
large is it? What are some fun facts about its geographic features?
This article will introduce some to you!
A geographical overview of China
China has a territorial area of 9.6 million square kilometers and an
aquatic territory spanning 4.73 million square kilometers. That’s a lot
of abstract numbers! So here are some comparisons to make it more
relatable: it’s the third largest country, coming behind Russia and
Canada. Its territorial area roughly equals to the total area of Europe
excluding Russia.
It’s true that China is a very large country. But it also has a huge
population, about 1.4 billion by 2017. This is nearly 19% of the whole

population of the world. Therefore, the area per capita is fairly small,
only 29% of the world’s average. A huge population can be an asset
and a strength in many aspects. But more people also means fewer
personal resources. This is why, when it comes to geographical data,
China is almost always large in overall numbers, but small in per capita
data.