GDP · 2024
4.75
trillion yuanHebei Statistics ↗
Province-wide GDP
Provinces · China in Figures
Hebei in figures
The province surrounding Beijing and Tianjin, with large industrial, port and agricultural systems.
Official standard map
Official water-system and transport map of Hebei Province
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Resident population · 2024
73.78
million peopleHebei Statistics ↗
Year-end resident population
Administrative area · 2024
188,800
sq kmHebei Government ↗
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: Hebei Statistics ↗ · Hebei Government ↗ · Hebei 2024 statistical communique and official geography references.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
63.4 percentHebei Statistics ↗
Share of resident population classified as urban.
GDP per resident
64,352 yuan per personHebei Statistics ↗
Province-wide current-price GDP per resident.
Services share
53.7 percentHebei Statistics ↗
Tertiary industry share of GDP.
Scope
What the province total covers
Hebei surrounds Beijing and Tianjin and contains major industrial cities, ports, agricultural areas and the Xiongan New Area. It is not equivalent to the Beijing metro area.
Boundary
Province is not a metro area
Resident population is the year-end province-wide total: 73.78 million in 2024. Administrative area (188,800 sq km) is territory inside the provincial boundary, not built-up area.
Economy
How to read the structure
In 2024, Hebei's GDP reached 4.75 trillion yuan and real GDP grew 5.4 percent. 2024 industry structure: primary 9.5%, secondary 36.8%, tertiary 53.7%.
International scale check
Compared with Ireland
Selected for similar economic scale: Ireland.
Not a like-for-like rank
Ireland's nominal GDP (~US$0.61T, World Bank 2024) is close to Hebei's province-level GDP after indicative USD conversion (~US$0.68T).
Hebei is the industrial and agricultural province surrounding Beijing and Tianjin; Ireland is a sovereign country. GDP proximity is a scale reference only. Population, area, administrative status and economic structure are not directly comparable.
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Hebei
Chinese province-level region-wide scope
Peer country
Ireland
National territory (sovereign state)
| Metric | Hebei | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 4.75trillion yuan≈ US$682B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Hebei Statistics ↗ | 609US$ billionWorld Bank WDI · GDP (current US$) ↗ |
| Population | 73.78million peopleHebei Statistics ↗ | 5.4million peopleWorld Bank WDI · Population, total ↗ |
| Area | 188,800sq kmHebei Government ↗ | 70,280sq kmWorld Bank WDI / FAO · Surface area ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 391people / sq km | 77people / 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.
Anping County, Hebei
Anping woven wire-mesh cluster
≥80%
Share of China's woven wire-mesh production and sales
- Share of China's woven wire-mesh exports
- ≥80%
- 2024 industry output value
- CNY 106.7 billion
Treat the national share as an as-reported lower bound for the Anping county cluster on the publication date. The source does not publish an exact percentage above 80%, so do not add false precision or generalize it to all Hebei manufacturing.
Source · Hebei Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology ↗Yongnian District, Handan, Hebei
Yongnian fastener cluster
59.2%
Share of China's fastener production and sales
- Global market share
- 29%
- 2024 industry output value threshold
- > CNY 50 billion
Use the directly published 2024 production-and-sales market shares. Scope is the Yongnian fastener cluster; do not substitute a shipment-only, output-only or province-wide Hebei denominator.
Source · Hebei Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology ↗