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.
About Bao'an
The fifth-largest 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.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#5of 101
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
22.552, 113.883
Record updated
2025-05-08
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 ChinaClosest 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.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Bao'an | 4.48M |
Bao'an Population FAQ
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 of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.3% of the national population.