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Bozhou

City population
1,409,436
#115
in China
#7
in Anhui
#354
worldwide
BeijingBozhou
33.877, 115.770 · 673 km from Beijing
City population
1,409,436
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#115
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#354
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Bozhou

The seventh-largest city in Anhui, Bozhou holds a population of 1,409,436 and ranks 115th among China's listed cities. At 673 km from Beijing, it sits in a cluster of urban centres: Shangqiu, 61 km away, is substantially larger with 1,859,723 residents, while four other cities of 65,000 to 142,000 people lie within 84 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
#115of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Anhui
#7of 35
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Rank in region
#7of 35
Distance to capital
to Beijing
Elevation
40 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
33.877, 115.770
Record updated
2025-10-24
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.

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.
Bozhou 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
Bozhou1.41M

Bozhou Population FAQ

What is the population of Bozhou?

Bozhou has a city population of 1,409,436. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Bozhou?

Bozhou is in Anhui, China, 673 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 33.877, 115.770.

How big is Bozhou compared with other cities in China?

It is the 115th 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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