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Bao'an

City population
4,476,554
#24
in China
#5
in Guangdong
#71
worldwide
BeijingBao'an
22.552, 113.883 · 1,944 km from Beijing
Share of China
0.3%
Of the national population
Elevation
Not recorded
Distance to capital
To Beijing
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
IANA zone identifier

About Bao'an

The fifth-largest listed city in Guangdong, Bao'an holds 4.48 million residents and accounts for 0.3% of China's population. Located 1,944 km from Beijing, it sits within a cluster of smaller cities, with Nantou (25,294) and Wushipai (18,400) each 4 km away, and Bao'an Centre (120,170) and Xixiang (78,022) at 5 km distance.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in China
#24of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Guangdong
#5of 101
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Rank in region
#5of 101
Coordinates
22.552, 113.883
Record updated
8 May 2025
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.

Nearby Cities

All 2,091 in China

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Bao'an compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Bao'an4.48M

Bao'an Population FAQ

What is the population of Bao'an?

Bao'an has a city population of 4,476,554. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Bao'an?

Bao'an is in Guangdong, China, 1,944 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 22.552, 113.883.

How big is Bao'an compared with other cities in China?

It is the 24th largest of the 2,091 cities listed in China, holding 0.3% of the national population.

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