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Jiangyin

Jiangsu · China
City population
1,779,515
#79
in China
#9
in Jiangsu
#246
worldwide
BeijingJiangyin
31.911, 120.263 · 955 km from Beijing
City population
1,779,515
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#79
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#246
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Jiangyin

A city of 1.78 million people sits 955 km from Beijing within a densely clustered region; Zhangjiagang lies 27 km away with 1.43 million residents, while Changzhou at 33 km holds 3.29 million and Wuxi at 38 km holds 4.40 million. Jiangyin ranks 79th among China's listed cities and ninth within Jiangsu province, accounting for 0.1% of the national population.

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
#79of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Jiangsu
#9of 155
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Jiangsu
Rank in region
#9of 155
Distance to capital
955 km
to Beijing
Elevation
7 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
31.911, 120.263
Record updated
2022-04-01
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.

27KMZhangjiagang1.43M people33KMChangzhou3.29M people37KMTaixing80K people38KMWuxi4.4M people54KMChangshu1.68M 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. Jiangyin1.78M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Jiangyin 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
Jiangyin1.78M

Jiangyin Population FAQ

What is the population of Jiangyin?

Jiangyin has a city population of 1,779,515. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Jiangyin?

Jiangyin is in Jiangsu, China, 955 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 31.911, 120.263.

How big is Jiangyin compared with other cities in China?

It is the 79th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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