What is the population of Dandong?
Dandong has a city population of 631,973. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Dandong
Located 681 km from Beijing, Dandong has a population of 631,973. The city ranks 249th among China's listed cities and tenth within Liaoning province. Sinŭiju, with 288,112 residents, lies 3 km away; Fengcheng, with 120,514 residents, is 45 km distant.
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
#10of 51
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
40.129, 124.395
Record updated
2024-09-05
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 |
| Dandong | 632K |
Dandong Population FAQ
Where is Dandong?
Dandong is in Liaoning, China, 681 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 40.129, 124.395.
How big is Dandong compared with other cities in China?
It is the 249th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.0% of the national population.