Shenzhen has a population of 17,494,398, making it the 3rd largest place we list in China. It is in Guangdong.
Shenzhen holds 1.2% of China's 1,412,914,089 people. Shanghai, the largest place we list there, is only slightly larger.
17,494,398
population
#3
in China
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Shanghai | Shanghai | 24,874,500 |
| Beijing | Beijing | 18,960,744 |
| Guangzhou | Guangdong | 16,096,724 |
| Chengdu | Sichuan | 13,568,357 |
| Tianjin | Tianjin | 11,090,314 |
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.