GDP · 2024
14.16
trillion yuanGuangdong Statistics ↗
Province-wide GDP
Provinces · China in Figures
Guangdong in figures
China’s largest provincial economy, anchored by the Pearl River Delta.
Official standard map
Official full-elements map of Guangdong Province (16-kai, with neighboring areas)
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Resident population · 2024
127.8
million peopleGuangdong Statistics ↗
Year-end resident population
Administrative area · 2024
179,800
Provincial territory, not built-up area
Province profile
Economy, population and provincial structure
Each value keeps its own unit. Indexed bars provide a visual summary only and are not direct unit comparisons.
Source: Guangdong Statistics ↗ · Guangdong Government ↗ · Guangdong 2024 statistical communique and official geography references.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
75.9 percentGuangdong Statistics ↗
Share of resident population classified as urban.
GDP per resident
111,146 yuan per personGuangdong Statistics ↗
Province-wide current-price GDP per resident.
Services share
57.5 percentGuangdong Statistics ↗
Tertiary industry share of GDP.
Scope
What the province total covers
Guangdong is China’s largest provincial economy by GDP. Province-wide figures cover the Pearl River Delta together with eastern, western and northern Guangdong—do not treat the total as “Guangzhou–Shenzhen only.” Related city profiles on this site: Guangzhou, Shenzhen.
Boundary
Province is not a metro area
Resident population is year-end province-wide. It mixes dense coastal/core cities with less urban inland counties. Administrative area (179,800 sq km) is land inside the provincial boundary, not built-up area.
Economy
How to read the structure
In 2024, Guangdong’s GDP reached 14.16 trillion yuan. Services accounted for 57.5 percent; the Pearl River Delta alone contributed most of the provincial total. 2024 industry structure: primary 4.1%, secondary 38.4%, tertiary 57.5%. Real GDP growth was 3.5%.
International scale check
Compared with Canada
Selected for similar economic scale: Canada.
Not a like-for-like rank
Canada’s nominal GDP (~US$2.27T, UN 2024) is close to Guangdong’s province GDP after USD conversion (~US$2.03T).
Guangdong is a Chinese province; Canada is a sovereign country. Population and area are national figures and are not administratively comparable.
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Guangdong
Chinese province-level region-wide scope
Peer country
Canada
National territory (sovereign state)
| Metric | Guangdong | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 14.16trillion yuan≈ US$2,032B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Guangdong Statistics ↗ | 2,270US$ billionUN / Wikipedia countries by nominal GDP ↗ |
| Population | 127.8million peopleGuangdong Statistics ↗ | 41.29million peopleStatistics Canada / UN population estimates ↗ |
| Area | 179,800sq kmGuangdong Government ↗ | 9,984,670sq kmNatural Resources Canada / national area ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 711people / sq km | 4people / sq km |
Used only to place Chinese province GDP beside country GDP in USD. Not PPP, not constant-price, and not an official exchange-rate series.
Industrial footprint
Industries that stand out
These facts highlight measurable national or global shares, rankings, and concentrated industry clusters. Sub-provincial facts are labelled with their exact local scope.
Guangdong
Industrial robots
43.5%
Share of China's industrial-robot output
- Guangdong output
- 336,300 units
The official-government carrier directly publishes both Guangdong 2025 industrial-robot output and its national output share; no denominator is reconstructed.
Source · State Taxation Administration Guangdong Provincial Tax Service ↗Guangdong
New-energy vehicles
1 in 4
Share of China's new-energy vehicle output
- Guangdong output
- 3.618 million vehicles
The source reports the national share as one quarter; the page preserves that source precision rather than inventing decimals.
Source · Shenzhen Municipal People's Government ↗