What is the population of Changzhou?
Changzhou has a city population of 3,290,918. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Changzhou
Home to 0.2% of China's population, Changzhou ranks 105th globally and 40th among Chinese cities with 3,290,918 residents. Located 959 km from Beijing in Jiangsu province, the city sits at 9 m elevation and is positioned within a cluster of major urban centres: Wuxi lies 39 km away with 4,396,835 people, while Jiangyin (1,779,515) is 33 km distant and Yixing (1,285,785) stands 48 km off.
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
#4of 155
Coordinates
31.774, 119.954
Record updated
9 March 2025
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 |
| Changzhou | 3.29M |
Changzhou Population FAQ
Where is Changzhou?
Changzhou is in Jiangsu, China, 959 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 31.774, 119.954.
How big is Changzhou compared with other cities in China?
It is the 40th largest of the 2,091 cities listed in China, holding 0.2% of the national population.