What is the population of Guang’an?
Guang’an has a city population of 858,159. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Guang’an
At 244 m elevation in Sichuan, Guang'an has a population of 858,159 and ranks 11th among the province's 64 cities. The city sits 1,372 km from Beijing. Xianglong, the nearest listed city, lies 24 km away with a population of 25,006; Shuanghuai (39,907 people) and Longshi (56,142) are within 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
#11of 64
Elevation
244 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
30.474, 106.637
Record updated
2025-08-19
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 |
| Guang’an | 858K |
Guang’an Population FAQ
Where is Guang’an?
Guang’an is in Sichuan, China, 1,372 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 30.474, 106.637.
How big is Guang’an compared with other cities in China?
It is the 203rd largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.