What is the population of Jining?
Jining has a city population of 1,241,012. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Jining
Ranked 419th in the world, Jining has a population of 1,241,012. It sits 501 km from Beijing and ranks ninth among Shandong's 177 cities. Three cities with populations exceeding 250,000 lie within 45 km: Yanzhou (28 km, 254,788), Zoucheng (35 km, 277,400), and Wenshang (37 km, 59,455).
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
#9of 177
Elevation
43 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
35.405, 116.581
Record updated
2026-01-08
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 |
| Jining | 1.24M |
Jining Population FAQ
Where is Jining?
Jining is in Shandong, China, 501 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 35.405, 116.581.
How big is Jining compared with other cities in China?
It is the 137th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.