What is the population of Huainan?
Huainan has a city population of 1,666,826. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Huainan
Ranking 271st in world population, this city of 1.67 million forms part of Anhui's urban hierarchy at third place within the province. Bengbu, a substantially larger city of 972,784 people, lies 49 km distant; Datong, with 61,085 residents, sits 6 km away. The city lies 811 km from Beijing.
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
#3of 35
Elevation
47 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
32.626, 116.997
Record updated
2025-08-20
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 |
| Huainan | 1.67M |
Huainan Population FAQ
Where is Huainan?
Huainan is in Anhui, China, 811 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 32.626, 116.997.
How big is Huainan compared with other cities in China?
It is the 87th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.