Beijing, China Metro Area Population 1950-2024
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Beijing, China metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Beijing in 2024 is 22,189,000, a 1.94% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Beijing in 2023 was 21,766,000, a 2.03% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Beijing in 2022 was 21,333,000, a 2.09% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Beijing in 2021 was 20,897,000, a 2.12% increase from 2020.
Other Cities in China |
City Name |
Population |
Shanghai |
29,868,000 |
Beijing |
22,189,000 |
Chongqing |
17,774,000 |
Guangzhou, Guangdong |
14,590,000 |
Tianjin |
14,471,000 |
Shenzhen |
13,312,000 |
Nanjing, Jiangsu |
9,948,000 |
Chengdu |
9,828,000 |
Xian, Shaanxi |
9,014,000 |
Wuhan |
8,851,000 |
Hangzhou |
8,420,000 |
Suzhou, Jiangsu |
8,351,000 |
Shenyang |
7,830,000 |
Foshan |
7,705,000 |
Dongguan |
7,675,000 |
Haerbin |
6,938,000 |
Dalian |
6,217,000 |
Qingdao |
6,105,000 |
Zhengzhou |
6,015,000 |
Jinan, Shandong |
5,941,000 |
Changsha |
5,028,000 |
Wulumqi |
5,006,000 |
Kunming |
4,861,000 |
Changchun |
4,802,000 |
Hefei |
4,727,000 |
Ningbo |
4,660,000 |
Shantou |
4,657,000 |
Shijiazhuang |
4,454,000 |
Nanning |
4,291,000 |
Taiyuan, Shanxi |
4,227,000 |
Changzhou, Jiangsu |
4,086,000 |
Nanchang |
4,016,000 |
Wenzhou |
4,010,000 |
Xiamen |
4,007,000 |
Fuzhou, Fujian |
3,999,000 |
Tangshan, Hebei |
3,925,000 |
Guiyang |
3,661,000 |
Wuxi, Jiangsu |
3,499,000 |
Lanzhou |
3,366,000 |
Handan |
3,086,000 |
Huaian |
3,071,000 |
Zhongshan |
3,051,000 |
Weifang |
2,995,000 |
Shaoxing |
2,882,000 |
Yantai |
2,835,000 |
Huizhou |
2,828,000 |
Zibo |
2,828,000 |
Luoyang |
2,667,000 |
Nantong |
2,556,000 |
Hohhot |
2,444,000 |
Liuzhou |
2,397,000 |
Baotou |
2,381,000 |
Xuzhou |
2,333,000 |
Putian |
2,250,000 |
Wuhu, Anhui |
2,195,000 |
Yangzhou |
2,175,000 |
Taizhou, Zhejiang |
2,152,000 |
Baoding |
2,150,000 |
Linyi, Shandong |
2,120,000 |
Haikou |
2,057,000 |
Daqing |
2,044,000 |
Lianyungang |
2,036,000 |
Yancheng, Jiangsu |
2,034,000 |
Zhuhai |
1,930,000 |
Quanzhou |
1,921,000 |
Datong |
1,914,000 |
Cixi |
1,840,000 |
Jiangmen |
1,797,000 |
Xiangyang |
1,772,000 |
Yichang |
1,758,000 |
Yinchuan |
1,758,000 |
Suqian |
1,726,000 |
Qinhuangdao |
1,724,000 |
Anshan |
1,713,000 |
Xining |
1,705,000 |
Hengyang |
1,702,000 |
Jilin |
1,694,000 |
Anyang |
1,693,000 |
Qiqihaer |
1,662,000 |
Jining, Shandong |
1,596,000 |
Zhangjiakou |
1,568,000 |
Huainan |
1,539,000 |
Yiwu |
1,526,000 |
Chaozhou |
1,521,000 |
Ganzhou |
1,508,000 |
Taizhou, Jiangsu |
1,478,000 |
Jiaxing |
1,471,000 |
Weihai |
1,466,000 |
Taian, Shandong |
1,442,000 |
Kaifeng |
1,434,000 |
Liuyang |
1,429,000 |
Liuan |
1,428,000 |
Rizhao |
1,427,000 |
Nanchong |
1,413,000 |
Dongying |
1,411,000 |
Zunyi |
1,406,000 |
Zhanjiang |
1,399,000 |
Shiyan |
1,387,000 |
Mianyang, Sichuan |
1,376,000 |
Tengzhou |
1,361,000 |
Yingkou |
1,356,000 |
Suzhou, Anhui |
1,350,000 |
Maoming |
1,334,000 |
Jieyang |
1,321,000 |
Fushun, Liaoning |
1,317,000 |
Ruian |
1,315,000 |
Jinhua |
1,296,000 |
Baoji |
1,290,000 |
Pingdingshan, Henan |
1,286,000 |
Puning |
1,283,000 |
Chifeng |
1,280,000 |
Zhuzhou |
1,277,000 |
Zhenjiang, Jiangsu |
1,275,000 |
Liupanshui |
1,273,000 |
Huaibei |
1,265,000 |
Nanyang, Henan |
1,250,000 |
Xiangtan, Hunan |
1,249,000 |
Pizhou |
1,247,000 |
Luohe |
1,241,000 |
Xiongan |
1,240,000 |
Jinzhou |
1,238,000 |
Benxi |
1,238,000 |
Binzhou |
1,234,000 |
Bazhong |
1,226,000 |
Guilin |
1,218,000 |
Yueqing |
1,201,000 |
Xinxiang |
1,161,000 |
Wenling |
1,159,000 |
Zaozhuang |
1,151,000 |
Fuyang |
1,146,000 |
Panjin |
1,143,000 |
Maanshan |
1,140,000 |
Fuzhou, Jiangxi |
1,132,000 |
Shangrao |
1,131,000 |
Zhaoqing |
1,128,000 |
Yichun, Jiangxi |
1,122,000 |
Chenzhou |
1,120,000 |
Leshan |
1,116,000 |
Jingzhou, Hubei |
1,108,000 |
Dezhou |
1,108,000 |
Changshu |
1,094,000 |
Xuchang |
1,092,000 |
Huzhou |
1,092,000 |
Qujing |
1,067,000 |
Yueyang |
1,064,000 |
Guiping |
1,056,000 |
Xintai |
1,049,000 |
Chengde |
1,025,000 |
Pingxiang, Jiangxi |
1,022,000 |
Zhucheng |
1,020,000 |
Leiyang |
1,013,000 |
Laiwu |
1,010,000 |
Jixi, Heilongjiang |
1,009,000 |
Jiujiang |
1,004,000 |
Mudanjiang |
992,000 |
Guigang |
990,000 |
Hengshui |
984,000 |
Zhangzhou |
980,000 |
Xinyu |
979,000 |
Linfen |
979,000 |
Tianmen |
978,000 |
Yangjiang |
977,000 |
Liling |
971,000 |
Deyang |
963,000 |
Bengbu |
960,000 |
Jiangyin |
959,000 |
Baishan |
957,000 |
Dandong |
933,000 |
Changzhi |
931,000 |
Changde |
919,000 |
Liaoyang |
916,000 |
Shangqiu |
916,000 |
Kuerle |
907,000 |
Xingtai |
904,000 |
Quzhou |
903,000 |
Huangshi |
893,000 |
Fuxin |
890,000 |
Xinghua |
883,000 |
Yongzhou |
883,000 |
Yibin |
881,000 |
Xinyang |
873,000 |
Luzhou |
871,000 |
Yangquan |
870,000 |
Huaihua |
870,000 |
Xiaogan |
869,000 |
Tianshui |
859,000 |
Bozhou |
855,000 |
Zhuji |
853,000 |
Kunshan |
851,000 |
Jincheng |
842,000 |
Heze |
839,000 |
Huludao |
836,000 |
Haicheng |
835,000 |
Taixing |
831,000 |
Liaocheng |
830,000 |
Zhumadian |
829,000 |
Langfang |
828,000 |
Anqiu |
822,000 |
Gaomi |
821,000 |
Hanchuan |
819,000 |
Meishan |
818,000 |
Danyang |
810,000 |
Jiaozuo |
808,000 |
Linhai |
796,000 |
Anqing |
796,000 |
Ordoss |
794,000 |
Shaoguan |
794,000 |
Yanan |
792,000 |
Dengzhou |
783,000 |
Zigong |
780,000 |
Qingyuan |
779,000 |
Yuncheng |
777,000 |
Yanji |
776,000 |
Shaoyang |
776,000 |
Yuxi |
774,000 |
Tongliao |
773,000 |
Tongling |
770,000 |
Wuzhou |
769,000 |
Dazhou |
768,000 |
Suining, Sichuan |
766,000 |
Jiamusi |
762,000 |
Zhangjiagang |
756,000 |
Dongtai |
756,000 |
Xianyang, Shaanxi |
754,000 |
Panzhihua |
750,000 |
Taicang |
747,000 |
Ankang |
746,000 |
Yuyao |
744,000 |
Yulin, Shaanxi |
742,000 |
Longyan |
740,000 |
Hezhou |
729,000 |
Zhoukou |
729,000 |
Loudi |
729,000 |
Bijie |
729,000 |
Miluo |
728,000 |
Renqiu |
728,000 |
Tongxiang |
726,000 |
Longhai |
719,000 |
Puyang |
713,000 |
Qinzhou |
711,000 |
Ezhou |
706,000 |
Enshi |
703,000 |
Haimen |
699,000 |
Zhoushan |
698,000 |
Sanya |
698,000 |
Sihui |
691,000 |
Wuhai |
687,000 |
Neijiang |
682,000 |
Sanhe |
678,000 |
Anshun |
671,000 |
Hegang |
669,000 |
Xinmi |
667,000 |
Jinzhong |
666,000 |
Cenxi |
663,000 |
Jingjiang |
657,000 |
Hanzhong |
656,000 |
Yulin, Guangxi |
651,000 |
Dengfeng |
649,000 |
Shuozhou |
640,000 |
Shishi |
637,000 |
Siping |
637,000 |
Fuqing |
636,000 |
Daye |
635,000 |
Zhaodong |
631,000 |
Sanmenxia |
628,000 |
Xinyi |
626,000 |
Gaozhou |
624,000 |
Yiyang, Hunan |
624,000 |
Qitaihe |
618,000 |
Tonghua |
618,000 |
Xiantao |
616,000 |
Dongyang |
616,000 |
Zaoyang |
615,000 |
Jiaozhou |
614,000 |
Hebi |
609,000 |
Guangyuan |
606,000 |
Weinan |
599,000 |
Yanshi |
596,000 |
Yichun, Heilongjiang |
595,000 |
Cangzhou |
595,000 |
Feicheng |
591,000 |
Yongkang |
589,000 |
Tongchuan |
587,000 |
Changning |
585,000 |
Haining |
584,000 |
Taishan |
581,000 |
Xingning |
580,000 |
Shouguang |
580,000 |
Changge |
580,000 |
Gaoyou |
578,000 |
Qingzhou |
578,000 |
Chuzhou |
578,000 |
Longkou |
577,000 |
Dali |
577,000 |
Gongyi |
573,000 |
Chaoyang |
573,000 |
Chuxiong |
572,000 |
Laixi |
571,000 |
Pingdu |
570,000 |
Changyi |
565,000 |
Shangyu |
563,000 |
Shizuishan |
563,000 |
Heyuan |
561,000 |
Guangan |
554,000 |
Ziyang |
553,000 |
Qianjiang |
549,000 |
Jinjiang |
544,000 |
Songyuan |
542,000 |
Jianyang |
539,000 |
Yongcheng |
535,000 |
Zhuanghe |
534,000 |
Jingmen |
531,000 |
Xuancheng |
530,000 |
Nanping |
530,000 |
Chizhou |
530,000 |
Gaoan |
528,000 |
Hejian |
525,000 |
Lvliang |
525,000 |
Shuangyashan |
525,000 |
Chaohu |
523,000 |
Zhongxiang |
522,000 |
Fuan |
515,000 |
Beihai |
508,000 |
Yuhuan |
507,000 |
Pinghu |
506,000 |
Kelamayi |
503,000 |
Liyang |
493,000 |
Jurong |
492,000 |
Xinzheng |
490,000 |
Wafangdian |
487,000 |
Bayannaoer |
483,000 |
Fengcheng |
481,000 |
Jian, Jiangxi |
481,000 |
Tongcheng |
481,000 |
Fangchenggang |
479,000 |
Nankang |
477,000 |
Lishui, Zhejiang |
476,000 |
Suizhou |
474,000 |
Yixing |
471,000 |
Yingde |
469,000 |
Zhangye |
468,000 |
Akesu |
467,000 |
Hechi |
466,000 |
Danzhou |
462,000 |
Shanwei |
460,000 |
Xingping |
458,000 |
Longchang |
452,000 |
Botou |
452,000 |
Suihua |
451,000 |
Xingyang |
450,000 |
Jiyuan |
450,000 |
Linzhou |
447,000 |
Enping |
445,000 |
Huangshan |
445,000 |
Laibin |
443,000 |
Gaoping |
441,000 |
Hami |
438,000 |
Heshan |
438,000 |
Jiuquan |
436,000 |
Pingliang |
436,000 |
Xinyi |
433,000 |
Rongcheng |
433,000 |
Tieling |
433,000 |
Wuwei |
432,000 |
Changji |
432,000 |
Emeishan |
431,000 |
Baiyin |
429,000 |
Shengzhou |
429,000 |
Wanning |
423,000 |
Meizhou |
422,000 |
Kaiping |
420,000 |
Jingdezhen |
418,000 |
Xinzhou |
415,000 |
Dujiangyan |
413,000 |
Laizhou |
410,000 |
Laiyang |
407,000 |
Linqing |
406,000 |
Qidong |
406,000 |
Donggang |
405,000 |
Yaan |
403,000 |
Huixian |
400,000 |
Luoding |
400,000 |
Wenchang |
400,000 |
Zhuozhou |
396,000 |
Sanming |
396,000 |
Dashiqiao |
396,000 |
Ningguo |
395,000 |
Qufu |
395,000 |
Gongzhuling |
394,000 |
Huazhou |
394,000 |
Xingyi, Guizhou |
391,000 |
Yushu |
390,000 |
Yunfu |
388,000 |
Lengshuijiang |
388,000 |
Jiayuguan |
387,000 |
Anlu |
386,000 |
Liaoyuan |
385,000 |
Xuanwei |
384,000 |
Yining |
383,000 |
Kaili |
380,000 |
Shenmu |
380,000 |
Zixing |
379,000 |
Fujin |
378,000 |
Zhaoyuan |
378,000 |
Leping |
377,000 |
Macheng |
377,000 |
Zhangshu |
375,000 |
Zhaotong |
375,000 |
Manzhouli |
374,000 |
Yuanjiang |
373,000 |
Ningde |
369,000 |
Xianning |
364,000 |
Haiyang |
364,000 |
Wuchuan |
364,000 |
Wulanhaote |
363,000 |
Songzi |
360,000 |
Baicheng |
355,000 |
Dingzhou |
353,000 |
Anning |
350,000 |
Rushan |
349,000 |
Hailin |
347,000 |
Rugao |
344,000 |
Shihezi |
344,000 |
Yangchun |
319,000 |
Beijing - Historical Population Data
|
Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
2024 |
22,189,000 |
1.94% |
2023 |
21,766,000 |
2.03% |
2022 |
21,333,000 |
2.09% |
2021 |
20,897,000 |
2.12% |
2020 |
20,463,000 |
2.14% |
2019 |
20,035,000 |
2.13% |
2018 |
19,618,000 |
2.12% |
2017 |
19,211,000 |
2.12% |
2016 |
18,812,000 |
2.12% |
2015 |
18,421,000 |
2.12% |
2014 |
18,039,000 |
2.12% |
2013 |
17,664,000 |
2.12% |
2012 |
17,298,000 |
2.13% |
2011 |
16,938,000 |
3.02% |
2010 |
16,441,000 |
4.82% |
2009 |
15,685,000 |
4.82% |
2008 |
14,964,000 |
4.83% |
2007 |
14,275,000 |
4.82% |
2006 |
13,618,000 |
4.83% |
2005 |
12,991,000 |
4.82% |
2004 |
12,394,000 |
4.83% |
2003 |
11,823,000 |
4.82% |
2002 |
11,279,000 |
4.82% |
2001 |
10,760,000 |
4.62% |
2000 |
10,285,000 |
4.25% |
1999 |
9,866,000 |
4.25% |
1998 |
9,464,000 |
4.24% |
1997 |
9,079,000 |
4.24% |
1996 |
8,710,000 |
4.25% |
1995 |
8,355,000 |
4.24% |
1994 |
8,015,000 |
4.24% |
1993 |
7,689,000 |
4.24% |
1992 |
7,376,000 |
4.24% |
1991 |
7,076,000 |
4.24% |
1990 |
6,788,000 |
2.44% |
1989 |
6,626,000 |
2.43% |
1988 |
6,469,000 |
2.44% |
1987 |
6,315,000 |
2.45% |
1986 |
6,164,000 |
2.44% |
1985 |
6,017,000 |
2.43% |
1984 |
5,874,000 |
2.44% |
1983 |
5,734,000 |
2.43% |
1982 |
5,598,000 |
2.13% |
1981 |
5,481,000 |
2.14% |
1980 |
5,366,000 |
2.13% |
1979 |
5,254,000 |
2.14% |
1978 |
5,144,000 |
2.14% |
1977 |
5,036,000 |
2.13% |
1976 |
4,931,000 |
2.13% |
1975 |
4,828,000 |
2.14% |
1974 |
4,727,000 |
2.14% |
1973 |
4,628,000 |
2.14% |
1972 |
4,531,000 |
2.12% |
1971 |
4,437,000 |
0.25% |
1970 |
4,426,000 |
-1.62% |
1969 |
4,499,000 |
-1.62% |
1968 |
4,573,000 |
-1.61% |
1967 |
4,648,000 |
-1.61% |
1966 |
4,724,000 |
3.10% |
1965 |
4,582,000 |
8.02% |
1964 |
4,242,000 |
-0.05% |
1963 |
4,244,000 |
-0.05% |
1962 |
4,246,000 |
-0.07% |
1961 |
4,249,000 |
8.95% |
1960 |
3,900,000 |
18.76% |
1959 |
3,284,000 |
12.77% |
1958 |
2,912,000 |
7.18% |
1957 |
2,717,000 |
7.18% |
1956 |
2,535,000 |
7.19% |
1955 |
2,365,000 |
7.21% |
1954 |
2,206,000 |
7.19% |
1953 |
2,058,000 |
7.19% |
1952 |
1,920,000 |
7.20% |
1951 |
1,791,000 |
7.18% |
1950 |
1,671,000 |
0.00% |