What is the population of Putian?
Putian has a city population of 1,539,389. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Putian
The third-largest city in Fujian, Putian has a population of 1,539,389. It stands 1,627 km from Beijing and sits at low elevation, 23 m above sea level. Quanzhou, a city of 1,469,157 people, lies 72 km away; Fuzhou, with 3,740,000 residents, is 75 km distant.
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
#3of 25
Elevation
23 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
25.439, 119.010
Record updated
2021-12-13
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 |
| Putian | 1.54M |
Putian Population FAQ
Where is Putian?
Putian is in Fujian, China, 1,627 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 25.439, 119.010.
How big is Putian compared with other cities in China?
It is the 100th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.