What is the population of Guilin?
Guilin has a city population of 1,572,300. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Guilin
At 1,723 km from Beijing, Guilin holds a population of 1,572,300, making it the second-largest city in Guangxi and the 96th largest in China. Yangshuo, with 300,000 people, lies 59 km away, while three smaller cities sit between 119 km and 129 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
#2of 45
Elevation
141 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
25.280, 110.296
Record updated
2021-10-13
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 |
| Guilin | 1.57M |
Guilin Population FAQ
Where is Guilin?
Guilin is in Guangxi, China, 1,723 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 25.280, 110.296.
How big is Guilin compared with other cities in China?
It is the 96th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.