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Huai'an

Jiangsu · China
City population
2,494,013
#54
in China
#5
in Jiangsu
#154
worldwide
BeijingHuai'an
33.589, 119.019 · 740 km from Beijing
City population
2,494,013
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#54
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#154
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.2%
of the national population

About Huai'an

A city of 2.49 million people represents 0.2% of China's national population—a measure of how widely the country's inhabitants are distributed across many large urban centres rather than concentrated in a few. Huai'an ranks 54th among China's 2,091 listed cities and fifth within Jiangsu province. It sits 740 km from Beijing and 78 km from Suqian, a city of 1.44 million.

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
#54of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Jiangsu
#5of 155
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Jiangsu
Rank in region
#5of 155
Distance to capital
740 km
to Beijing
Elevation
14 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
33.589, 119.019
Record updated
2025-12-14
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.

34KMZhongxing57K people48KMBaoying80K people50KMGaogou56K people77KMGuiren57K people78KMSuqian1.44M 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. Huai'an2.49M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Huai'an 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
Huai'an2.49M

Huai'an Population FAQ

What is the population of Huai'an?

Huai'an has a city population of 2,494,013. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Huai'an?

Huai'an is in Jiangsu, China, 740 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 33.589, 119.019.

How big is Huai'an compared with other cities in China?

It is the 54th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.2% of the national population.

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