What is the population of Fuzhou?
Fuzhou has a city population of 1,089,888. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Fuzhou
Positioned 1,329 km from Beijing, Fuzhou is the fifth-largest city in Jiangxi with a population of 1,089,888. The city sits at low elevation at 53 m above sea level. Several cities of 100,000 or more lie within 55 km: Jinfeng (127,076) at 41 km, Jianchang (109,108) at 54 km, and Bashan (103,748) at 35 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
Region
Rank in region
#5of 29
Elevation
53 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
27.960, 116.333
Record updated
2025-10-24
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 |
| Fuzhou | 1.09M |
Fuzhou Population FAQ
Where is Fuzhou?
Fuzhou is in Jiangxi, China, 1,329 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 27.960, 116.333.
How big is Fuzhou compared with other cities in China?
It is the 158th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.