What is the population of Changsha?
Changsha has a city population of 688,242. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Changsha
Surrounded by cities within easy reach, this city of 688,242 sits 17 km from Taishan (145,440) and 47 km from the much larger Jiangmen (1,795,459). Ranked 231st among China's listed cities and 22nd within Guangdong, it lies 1,980 km from Beijing at an elevation of 6 m above sea level.
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
#22of 101
Elevation
6 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
22.381, 112.685
Record updated
2024-07-12
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 |
| Changsha | 688K |
Changsha Population FAQ
Where is Changsha?
Changsha is in Guangdong, China, 1,980 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 22.381, 112.685.
How big is Changsha compared with other cities in China?
It is the 231st largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.0% of the national population.