What is the population of Ganzhou?
Ganzhou has a city population of 1,977,253. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Ganzhou
The nearest substantial city is 141 km away, making Ganzhou relatively isolated among China's urban centres. Home to 1,977,253 people, it ranks second in Jiangxi province and 68th among listed Chinese cities. At low elevation in central Asia, Ganzhou accounts for 0.1% of China's national population.
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
#2of 29
Elevation
117 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
25.847, 114.933
Record updated
2025-12-15
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 |
| Ganzhou | 1.98M |
Ganzhou Population FAQ
Where is Ganzhou?
Ganzhou is in Jiangxi, China, 1,569 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 25.847, 114.933.
How big is Ganzhou compared with other cities in China?
It is the 68th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.