What is the population of Kunshan?
Kunshan has a city population of 2,092,496. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Kunshan
The seventh largest city in Jiangsu, Kunshan holds a population of 2,092,496. Situated 1,034 km from Beijing, the city sits at approximately 10 m elevation. Three cities exceed 1.8 million people within 30 km: Jiading at 1,886,100 (28 km away), Qingpu at 1,271,424 (29 km), and Taicang at 831,113 (15 km).
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
#7of 155
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
31.378, 120.954
Record updated
2026-01-20
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 |
| Kunshan | 2.09M |
Kunshan Population FAQ
Where is Kunshan?
Kunshan is in Jiangsu, China, 1,034 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 31.378, 120.954.
How big is Kunshan compared with other cities in China?
It is the 64th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.