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Cixi

Zhejiang · China
City population
1,457,510
#106
in China
#9
in Zhejiang
#333
worldwide
BeijingCixi
30.176, 121.246 · 1,168 km from Beijing
City population
1,457,510
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#106
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#333
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Cixi

China's 106th-largest city by population, Cixi holds 1,457,510 residents and ranks ninth within Zhejiang province. The city lies 1,168 km from Beijing and sits at low elevation in an area ringed by larger neighbours: Ningbo, with 3,731,203 residents, is 44 km away, and Shangyu, at 770,000 residents, lies 40 km distant. Smaller cities including Yuyao (114,177 residents, 17 km away) and Lianghu (155,000 residents, 39 km away) also cluster nearby.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in China
#106of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Zhejiang
#9of 40
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Zhejiang
Rank in region
#9of 40
Distance to capital
1,168 km
to Beijing
Elevation
11 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
30.176, 121.246
Record updated
2026-01-14
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 China

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

17KMYuyao114K people39KMLianghu155K people40KMShangyu770K people44KMNingbo3.73M people48KMZhaobaoshan62K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Cixi1.46M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Cixi compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Cixi1.46M

Cixi Population FAQ

What is the population of Cixi?

Cixi has a city population of 1,457,510. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Cixi?

Cixi is in Zhejiang, China, 1,168 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 30.176, 121.246.

How big is Cixi compared with other cities in China?

It is the 106th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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