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City profile · China · Asia

Maoming

City population
1,307,802
#125
in China
#17
in Guangdong
#386
worldwide
BeijingMaoming
21.666, 110.914 · 2,094 km from Beijing
City population
1,307,802
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#125
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#386
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Maoming

At 31 m above sea level, Maoming has a population of 1,307,802, placing it 125th among China's listed cities and 17th in Guangdong Province. It lies 2,094 km from Beijing. Gaozhou (292,164) is 29 km away and Zhanjiang (1,400,709) is 73 km distant; three other cities of 91,000–104,000 people sit within 65 km.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in China
#125of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Guangdong
#17of 101
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Rank in region
#17of 101
Distance to capital
to Beijing
Elevation
31 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
21.666, 110.914
Record updated
2022-01-16
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 China

Closest 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.

City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Maoming compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Maoming1.31M

Maoming Population FAQ

What is the population of Maoming?

Maoming has a city population of 1,307,802. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Maoming?

Maoming is in Guangdong, China, 2,094 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 21.666, 110.914.

How big is Maoming compared with other cities in China?

It is the 125th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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