What is the population of Longyan?
Longyan has a city population of 1,025,087. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Longyan
Sixth among Fujian's 25 listed cities, Longyan has a population of 1,025,087. The city lies 1,650 km from Beijing and sits at 318 m elevation. Zhangzhou, with 589,831 residents, stands 90 km away; Meizhou, the nearest city of comparable size at 992,351 people, is 126 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
#6of 25
Elevation
318 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
25.075, 117.018
Record updated
2021-10-08
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 |
| Longyan | 1.03M |
Longyan Population FAQ
Where is Longyan?
Longyan is in Fujian, China, 1,650 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 25.075, 117.018.
How big is Longyan compared with other cities in China?
It is the 168th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.