What is the population of Leshan?
Leshan has a city population of 662,814. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Leshan
The 242nd-largest city in China, Leshan holds a population of 662,814 and ranks 15th within Sichuan province. Located 1,626 km from Beijing, it sits among several substantial urban centres: Meishan, with over 1.1 million residents, lies 54 km away, while Ya'an, home to 612,056 people, is 88 km distant.
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
#15of 64
Elevation
375 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
29.562, 103.764
Record updated
2025-05-12
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 |
| Leshan | 663K |
Leshan Population FAQ
Where is Leshan?
Leshan is in Sichuan, China, 1,626 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 29.562, 103.764.
How big is Leshan compared with other cities in China?
It is the 242nd largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.0% of the national population.