China: cities by population
China has a population of 1,411,778,724, with Beijing as its capital. The 50 largest of its 3,398 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai | Shanghai | 24,874,500 |
| 2 | Beijing | Beijing | 18,960,744 |
| 3 | Shenzhen | Guangdong | 17,494,398 |
| 4 | Guangzhou | Guangdong | 16,096,724 |
| 5 | Chengdu | Sichuan | 13,568,357 |
| 6 | Tianjin | Tianjin | 11,090,314 |
| 7 | Wuhan | Hubei | 10,392,693 |
| 8 | Dongguan | Guangdong | 9,644,871 |
| 9 | Xi’an | Shaanxi | 9,600,000 |
| 10 | Nanjing | Jiangsu | 9,314,685 |
| 11 | Hangzhou | Zhejiang | 9,236,032 |
| 12 | Foshan | Guangdong | 9,042,509 |
| 13 | Chongqing | Chongqing | 7,457,599 |
| 14 | Wuzhong | Ningxia | 7,202,654 |
| 15 | Qingdao | Shandong | 7,172,451 |
| 16 | Shenyang | Liaoning | 7,050,000 |
| 17 | Suzhou | Jiangsu | 6,715,559 |
| 18 | Pudong | Shanghai | 5,681,512 |
| 19 | Harbin | Heilongjiang | 5,242,897 |
| 20 | Hefei | Anhui | 5,050,000 |
| 21 | Dalian | Liaoning | 4,913,879 |
| 22 | Changchun | Jilin | 4,714,996 |
| 23 | Xiamen | Fujian | 4,617,251 |
| 24 | Bao'an | Guangdong | 4,476,554 |
| 25 | Wuxi | Jiangsu | 4,396,835 |
| 26 | Jinan | Shandong | 4,335,989 |
| 27 | Taiyuan | Shanxi | 4,303,673 |
| 28 | Zhengzhou | Henan | 4,253,913 |
| 29 | Shijiazhuang | Hebei | 3,938,513 |
| 30 | Kunming | Yunnan | 3,855,346 |
| 31 | Zhongshan | Guangdong | 3,841,873 |
| 32 | Nanning | Guangxi | 3,839,800 |
| 33 | Shantou | Guangdong | 3,838,900 |
| 34 | Fuzhou | Fujian | 3,740,000 |
| 35 | Ningbo | Zhejiang | 3,731,203 |
| 36 | Puyang | Zhejiang | 3,590,000 |
| 37 | Shiyan | Hubei | 3,460,000 |
| 38 | Tangshan | Hebei | 3,372,102 |
| 39 | Lüliang | Shanxi | 3,346,500 |
| 40 | Changzhou | Jiangsu | 3,290,918 |
| 41 | Zibo | Shandong | 3,129,228 |
| 42 | Changsha | Hunan | 3,093,980 |
| 43 | Guiyang | Guizhou | 3,037,159 |
| 44 | Ürümqi | Xinjiang | 3,029,372 |
| 45 | Lanzhou | Gansu | 3,000,000 |
| 46 | Huizhou | Guangdong | 2,900,113 |
| 47 | Haikou | Hainan | 2,873,358 |
| 48 | Linyi | Shandong | 2,743,843 |
| 49 | Baoding | Hebei | 2,739,887 |
| 50 | Minhang | Shanghai | 2,716,600 |
Twenty years earlier: China in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 1,303,458,527.