What is the population of Chongming?
Chongming has a city population of 637,921. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
31.619, 121.696 · 1,038 km from Beijing
About Chongming
Among the cities near Baoshan, which has 2,265,900 residents, this city of 637,921 sits 30 km away. Positioned 1,038 km from Beijing, it ranks 246th among China's 2,091 listed cities. Four other cities of 74,800 to 139,300 residents lie within 36 km.
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
Elevation
6 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
31.619, 121.696
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 |
| Chongming | 638K |
Chongming Population FAQ
Where is Chongming?
Chongming is in China, 1,038 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 31.619, 121.696.
How big is Chongming compared with other cities in China?
It is the 246th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.0% of the national population.