What is the population of Hongkou?
Hongkou has a city population of 687,500. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Hongkou
Ranked 234th among China's 2,091 listed cities, Hongkou holds a population of 687,500. The city lies 2 km from Pudong, which contains over 5.6 million residents, and sits within Shanghai municipality 4 km away. Hongkou is situated 1,067 km from Beijing and lies at approximately 3 m below sea level.
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
#14of 35
Elevation
-3 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
31.250, 121.489
Record updated
2026-03-31
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 |
| Hongkou | 688K |
Hongkou Population FAQ
Where is Hongkou?
Hongkou is in Shanghai, China, 1,067 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 31.250, 121.489.
How big is Hongkou compared with other cities in China?
It is the 234th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.0% of the national population.