GDP · 2024
6.36
trillion yuanHenan Statistics ↗
Province-wide GDP
Provinces · China in Figures
Henan in figures
China’s third-most populous province and a Central Plains agricultural, manufacturing and logistics hub.
Official standard map
Official administrative map of Henan Province
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Resident population · 2024
97.85
million peopleHenan Statistics ↗
Year-end resident population
Administrative area · 2024
167,000
sq kmHenan 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: Henan Statistics ↗ · Henan Government ↗ · Henan 2024 statistical communique and official geography references.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
59.2 percentHenan Statistics ↗
Share of resident population classified as urban.
GDP per resident
64,888 yuan per personHenan Statistics ↗
Province-wide current-price GDP per resident.
Services share
53.1 percentHenan Statistics ↗
Tertiary industry share of GDP.
Scope
What the province total covers
Henan is China's third-most populous province and a major agricultural, manufacturing and logistics hub on the Central Plains. Province-wide figures cover the whole territory, including Zhengzhou and many large prefectures—do not treat the total as a single metro area.
Boundary
Province is not a metro area
Resident population is year-end province-wide. At about 97.85 million it remains one of the largest provincial populations in China, but it has been declining slightly as out-migration continues. Administrative area (167,000 sq km) is land inside the provincial boundary, not built-up area.
Economy
How to read the structure
In 2024, Henan's GDP reached 6.36 trillion yuan. Services accounted for 53.1 percent; agriculture still takes a larger share than in coastal provinces, reflecting the Central Plains economy. 2024 industry structure: primary 8.6%, secondary 38.3%, tertiary 53.1%. Real GDP growth was 5.1%.
International scale check
Compared with Saudi Arabia
Selected for similar economic scale: Saudi Arabia.
Not a like-for-like rank
Saudi Arabia's nominal GDP (~US$1.10T, IMF 2024) is of the same broad order as Henan's province GDP after USD conversion (~US$0.91T).
Henan is a populous inland Chinese province; Saudi Arabia is a resource-based sovereign state. Population and structure differ sharply; GDP similarity is a scale check only.
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Henan
Chinese province-level region-wide scope
Peer country
Saudi Arabia
National territory (sovereign state)
| Metric | Henan | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 6.36trillion yuan≈ US$912B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Henan Statistics ↗ | 1,100US$ billionUN / Wikipedia countries by nominal GDP ↗ |
| Population | 97.85million peopleHenan Statistics ↗ | 36.4million peopleGeneral Authority for Statistics / UN population estimates ↗ |
| Area | 167,000sq kmHenan Government ↗ | 2,149,690sq kmSaudi government / national area ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 586people / sq km | 17people / 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.
Henan
Artificial diamonds
~80%
Share of China artificial-diamond output
Preserve the source-published approximate 80% wording; do not present it as an exact statistical ratio.
Source · People's Government of Henan Province ↗Changyuan, Henan
Changyuan crane-equipment cluster
>70%
Domestic crane-equipment market share
- 2024 industry output value
- CNY 38.1 billion
- Crane and supporting manufacturers
- >1,300 enterprises
This is a Changyuan city-cluster domestic market-share fact, not a province-wide Henan production share.
Source · Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission ↗