What is the area of China?

China's actual territory is now 9.48 million square kilometers (excluding territorial waters, excluding 10,000 square kilometers of southern Tibet occupied by India), which is the data found in the National Geographic Center. China's land area is about 9.6 million square kilometers according to the official statement, and the area of the United States announced by China is 9372615 square kilometers, according to this figure, China's area is second only to Russia and Canada, ranking third in the world.

According to the figures of the Atlas of China (10th edition in January 2004), the area of the provinces, municipalities and districts on it is accumulated, and the total area is 10,000 square kilometers. After checking the data on the land area of China and the United States abroad, the problem has become more complicated. According to Microsoft's Encarta ncyclopedia, China has an area of 9,571,300 sq km, while the United States has an area of 9,629,047 sq km, and it is clearly stated that the United States is the third largest country in terms of area after Russia and Canada.

The Encyclopædia Britannica records an area of 9,572,900 sq km in China and 9,518,287 sq km in the United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia of the United States records that China has an area of 9,561,000 sq km, and the United States has an area of 9,166,598 sq km, and the United States is the fourth largest in the world. According to the data found in the US Intelligence Agency, the total area of China is:

9,596,960 sq km of which land area is: 9,326,410 sq km water area is: 270,550 sq km, with special notes that China is slightly smaller than the United States.

The United States has a total area of 9,631,418 sq km and its land area is: 9,161,923 sq km and its water area is:

469,495 sq km 。After checking so much information, it is said that it is very authoritative, but it is still unclear who is the third largest country in terms of area, China or the United States. China's area is only 2-30,000 square kilometers away from 9.6 million, while the area data of the United States is very different, and it is estimated that the water area is calculated differently, and the five northern lakes of the United States, shared by Canada, have a total area of 245,660 sq km.

The Columbia Encyclopedia's U.S. may only be the size of the land. I don't know how my country's announcement of the United States of 9372615 square kilometers came about. If we add the land area, China should rank third in the world, plus the water area, China should rank fourth, and if we add the ocean area (China's ocean area is about 3 million square kilometers), China should be in second place.

The land area is about 9.6 million square kilometers, and the water area is about 4.7 million square kilometers.

China has a land area of about 9.6 million square kilometers, with more than 10,000 kilometers of coastline in the east and south of the continent, and more than 4.7 million square kilometers of inland and border seas. There are more than 7,600 large and small islands in the sea area, of which Taiwan Island is the largest, with an area of 35,798 square kilometers. China shares borders with 14 countries and is adjacent to 8 countries at sea.

Provincial-level administrative divisions are divided into 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities directly under the Central Government and 2 special administrative regions.