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Baotou

Inner Mongolia · China
City population
2,150,000
#62
in China
#2
in Inner Mongolia
#187
worldwide
BeijingBaotou
40.652, 109.844 · 562 km from Beijing
City population
2,150,000
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#62
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#187
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.2%
of the national population

About Baotou

At 562 km from Beijing, Baotou holds the second-largest city population in Inner Mongolia at 2.15 million. The city sits at 1,064 m elevation. Ordos, with 1.94 million residents, lies 116 km away; three other cities of 70,000 to 104,000 people are situated within 94 km.

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
#62of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Inner Mongolia
#2of 35
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Inner Mongolia
Rank in region
#2of 35
Distance to capital
562 km
to Beijing
Elevation
1,064 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
40.652, 109.844
Record updated
2025-10-31
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. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 2,091 in China

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

38KMShiguai70K people58KMSalaqi104K people94KMDongsheng100K people116KMOrdos1.94M people125KMTongyangdao23K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

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

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Baotou2.15M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Baotou 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
Baotou2.15M

Baotou Population FAQ

What is the population of Baotou?

Baotou has a city population of 2,150,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Baotou?

Baotou is in Inner Mongolia, China, 562 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 40.652, 109.844.

How big is Baotou compared with other cities in China?

It is the 62nd largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.2% of the national population.

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