What is the population of Changning?
Changning has a city population of 694,900. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Changning
The 13th-largest city proper in Shanghai, Changning has a population of 694,900. It sits 3 km from Xuhui (1,109,800) and 5 km from Putuo (1,239,100), among a cluster of major urban centres within the municipality. The city lies 1,067 km from Beijing.
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
#13of 35
Elevation
12 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
31.217, 121.421
Record updated
2026-03-31
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 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 |
| Changning | 695K |
Changning Population FAQ
Where is Changning?
Changning is in Shanghai, China, 1,067 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 31.217, 121.421.
How big is Changning compared with other cities in China?
It is the 228th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.0% of the national population.