Foshan has a population of 9,042,509, making it the 12th largest place we list in China. It is in Guangdong.
Foshan holds 0.64% of China's 1,412,914,089 people. Shanghai, the largest place we list there, is 2.8 times its size.
9,042,509
population
#12
in China
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Xi’an | Shaanxi | 9,600,000 |
| Nanjing | Jiangsu | 9,314,685 |
| Hangzhou | Zhejiang | 9,236,032 |
| Chongqing | Chongqing | 7,457,599 |
| Wuzhong | Ningxia | 7,202,654 |
| Qingdao | Shandong | 7,172,451 |
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 UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.