Kunming has a population of 3,855,346, making it the 28th largest place we list in China. It is in Yunnan.
Kunming holds 0.27% of China's 1,412,914,089 people. Shanghai, the largest place we list there, is 6.5 times its size.
3,855,346
population
#28
in China
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Taiyuan | Shanxi | 4,303,673 |
| Zhengzhou | Henan | 4,253,913 |
| Shijiazhuang | Hebei | 3,938,513 |
| Zhongshan | Guangdong | 3,841,873 |
| Nanning | Guangxi | 3,839,800 |
| Shantou | Guangdong | 3,838,900 |
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.