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Ordos

Inner Mongolia · China
City population
1,940,653
#70
in China
#3
in Inner Mongolia
#213
worldwide
BeijingOrdos
39.609, 109.782 · 566 km from Beijing
City population
1,940,653
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#70
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#213
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Ordos

China's 70th-largest city by population, Ordos holds 1,940,653 residents and ranks third in Inner Mongolia. At 2,149 m elevation, it sits 566 km from Beijing. Baotou, with 2,150,000 people, stands 116 km away; Dongsheng, 29 km distant, has 99,809 residents.

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
#70of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Inner Mongolia
#3of 35
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Inner Mongolia
Rank in region
#3of 35
Distance to capital
566 km
to Beijing
Elevation
2,149 m
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
39.609, 109.782
Record updated
2021-09-20
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.

Nearby Cities

All 2,091 in China

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

29KMDongsheng100K people116KMBaotou2.15M people121KMSalaqi104K people129KMShiguai70K people146KMYulinshi91K 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. Ordos1.94M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Ordos 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
Ordos1.94M

Ordos Population FAQ

What is the population of Ordos?

Ordos has a city population of 1,940,653. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Ordos?

Ordos is in Inner Mongolia, China, 566 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 39.609, 109.782.

How big is Ordos compared with other cities in China?

It is the 70th 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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