Shao of the highest population density per unit area in east China, northeast, northwest of the hexi corridor region, shao population reached more than 0.35 people per square kilometer, the central region of 2.1 or more.Shao distribution density diagram shows that the highest density of (more than 0.35 people per square km) in only 29.9% of the total land area, shao population about 2.274 million;Less than 0.35 people per square km area 70.1% of the total land area, shao a population of about 656000.

Shao distribution is very wide, but unevenly.In the hexi corridor, south jiangsu, eastern jiaodong, liaodong peninsula, northeast of Inner Mongolia, heilongjiang northwest region, shao accounted for over 0.6% of the local population in general, including the frequency of the central region in more than 1.2%, covering the area accounts for 5.6% of the total land area;In most Su Wan zhejiang, southeast and northeast, east, eastern south jiangxi, shandong, GuiNa, southwest of guangdong, hainan, most of gansu, ningxia, qinghai, eastern northeast China, Inner Mongolia, northeast China shao frequency from 0.2% to 0.6%, its cover about 23.5% of the total area of the country;Shao in other parts of the distribution frequency of less than 0.2%, its coverage point 70.9% of the nation's total, the distribution of frequency in 0.1 the following area accounted for 42%.