What is the population of Pudong?
Pudong has a city population of 5,681,512. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Pudong
At 1,068 km from Beijing, Pudong holds the second-largest population within Shanghai at 5.68 million. Two nearby districts—Hongkou and Huangpu—each sit within 2 km, while Yangpu (1.21 million) lies 3 km away, part of a cluster of major urban centres in the immediate vicinity.
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
#2of 35
Elevation
9 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
31.240, 121.501
Record updated
2026-03-31
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 |
| Pudong | 5.68M |
Pudong Population FAQ
Where is Pudong?
Pudong is in Shanghai, China, 1,068 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 31.240, 121.501.
How big is Pudong compared with other cities in China?
It is the 18th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.4% of the national population.