What is the population of Changde?
Changde has a city population of 1,457,419. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Changde
China's 1.46 billion people contain 107 cities of at least 57,769 residents; Changde, with 1,457,419, ranks 334th globally and represents 0.1% of the national population. The city sits 1,283 km from Beijing. Within Hunan province it ranks second of 43 cities, near Heshan, which holds 1,249,807 residents 82 km away.
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
#2of 43
Elevation
38 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
29.032, 111.698
Record updated
2025-03-18
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 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 |
| Changde | 1.46M |
Changde Population FAQ
Where is Changde?
Changde is in Hunan, China, 1,283 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 29.032, 111.698.
How big is Changde compared with other cities in China?
It is the 107th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.