What is the population of Luoyang?
Luoyang has a city population of 1,390,581. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Luoyang
Ranking 361st by city population globally, this Henan municipality holds 1.39 million residents, the fifth-largest in the province. It sits 679 km from Beijing and lies at 128 m elevation. Jiyuan, a city of 242,143 people, lies 48 km away; three other cities with populations between 56,000 and 82,000 are situated within 67 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
#5of 41
Elevation
128 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
34.673, 112.437
Record updated
2025-11-15
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 |
| Luoyang | 1.39M |
Luoyang Population FAQ
Where is Luoyang?
Luoyang is in Henan, China, 679 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 34.673, 112.437.
How big is Luoyang compared with other cities in China?
It is the 119th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.