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Nanchong

Sichuan · China
City population
1,858,875
#75
in China
#3
in Sichuan
#227
worldwide
BeijingNanchong
30.795, 106.085 · 1,377 km from Beijing
City population
1,858,875
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#75
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#227
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Nanchong

China's third-largest city in Sichuan holds 0.1% of the national population, a proportion that reflects the country's scale rather than exceptional concentration. Nanchong, with 1.86 million residents, sits 1,377 km from Beijing. Gaoping, a city of 204,368 people, lies 3 km away; Suining, with 656,760 residents, stands 58 km distant.

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
#75of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Sichuan
#3of 64
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Sichuan
Rank in region
#3of 64
Distance to capital
1,377 km
to Beijing
Elevation
287 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
30.795, 106.085
Record updated
2021-10-19
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.

3KMGaoping204K people49KMErlang17K people52KMYanwo30K people56KMGuxi35K people58KMSuining657K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Nanchong1.86M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Nanchong 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
Nanchong1.86M

Nanchong Population FAQ

What is the population of Nanchong?

Nanchong has a city population of 1,858,875. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Nanchong?

Nanchong is in Sichuan, China, 1,377 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 30.795, 106.085.

How big is Nanchong compared with other cities in China?

It is the 75th 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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