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Hefei

Anhui · China
City population
5,050,000
#20
in China
#1
in Anhui
#58
worldwide
BeijingHefei
31.864, 117.281 · 898 km from Beijing
City population
5,050,000
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#20
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#58
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.4%
of the national population

About Hefei

At 0.4% of China's national population, Hefei holds a share comparable to a mid-sized country. The city proper contains 5,050,000 people, making it the 20th largest in China and the largest of 35 cities in Anhui. Situated 898 km from Beijing, Hefei sits at 24 m elevation. Huainan, with 1,666,826 people, lies 89 km away; closer neighbours include Chaohu at 63 km with 138,463 residents and Lucheng at 70 km with 89,119.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in China
#20of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Anhui
#1of 35
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Anhui
Rank in region
#1of 35
Distance to capital
898 km
to Beijing
Elevation
24 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
31.864, 117.281
Record updated
2026-04-13
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 China

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

63KMChaohu138K people70KMLucheng89K people74KMLu’an1.64M people87KMDatong61K people89KMHuainan1.67M people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Hefei5.05M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Hefei compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Hefei5.05M

Hefei Population FAQ

What is the population of Hefei?

Hefei has a city population of 5,050,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Hefei?

Hefei is in Anhui, China, 898 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 31.864, 117.281.

How big is Hefei compared with other cities in China?

It is the 20th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.4% of the national population.

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