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Bayan Nur

Inner Mongolia · China
City population
1,760,000
#81
in China
#4
in Inner Mongolia
#249
worldwide
BeijingBayan Nur
40.741, 107.386 · 769 km from Beijing
City population
1,760,000
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#81
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#249
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Bayan Nur

At 1,050 m elevation, Bayan Nur is the fourth-largest city in Inner Mongolia and home to 1.76 million people. Located 769 km from Beijing, it sits within a cluster of smaller cities: Wuhai 127 km away with 218,427 residents, and three further settlements between 150 km and 207 km distant, each with populations between 78,765 and 136,570.

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
#81of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Inner Mongolia
#4of 35
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Inner Mongolia
Rank in region
#4of 35
Distance to capital
769 km
to Beijing
Elevation
1,050 m
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
40.741, 107.386
Record updated
2025-08-20
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.

127KMWuhai218K people150KMWuda130K people176KMHuinong137K people190KMShitanjing79K people207KMDawukou132K 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. Bayan Nur1.76M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Bayan Nur 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
Bayan Nur1.76M

Bayan Nur Population FAQ

What is the population of Bayan Nur?

Bayan Nur has a city population of 1,760,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Bayan Nur?

Bayan Nur is in Inner Mongolia, China, 769 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 40.741, 107.386.

How big is Bayan Nur compared with other cities in China?

It is the 81st largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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