What is the population of Nanchang?
Nanchang has a city population of 2,357,839. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Nanchang
At just 20 m above sea level, this city of 2.36 million is the largest in Jiangxi and ranks 55th among China's listed cities. Nanchang sits 1,249 km from Beijing. Changleng, a city of 56,429, lies 4 km away; within 88 km are four other cities ranging from 47,000 to 128,000 people.
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
#1of 29
Elevation
20 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
28.684, 115.853
Record updated
2026-04-13
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 |
| Nanchang | 2.36M |
Nanchang Population FAQ
Where is Nanchang?
Nanchang is in Jiangxi, China, 1,249 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 28.684, 115.853.
How big is Nanchang compared with other cities in China?
It is the 55th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.2% of the national population.