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Putuo

Shanghai · China
City population
1,239,100
#138
in China
#8
in Shanghai
#422
worldwide
BeijingPutuo
31.251, 121.390 · 1,063 km from Beijing
City population
1,239,100
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#138
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#422
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Putuo

Ranked 422nd by city population worldwide, this district holds 1,239,100 residents within Shanghai municipality. It sits 1,063 km from Beijing and at near sea level. Three districts with larger populations lie within 7 km — Changning at 694,900 residents, Dachang at 371,856, and Shanghai proper at 24,874,500 — making it part of one of the world's most densely clustered urban agglomerations.

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
#138of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Shanghai
#8of 35
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Shanghai
Rank in region
#8of 35
Distance to capital
1,063 km
to Beijing
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
31.251, 121.390
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 China

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

2KMChangzheng230K people5KMChangning695K people6KMPengpu153K people7KMDachang372K people7KMShanghai24.9M 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. Putuo1.24M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Putuo 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
Putuo1.24M

Putuo Population FAQ

What is the population of Putuo?

Putuo has a city population of 1,239,100. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Putuo?

Putuo is in Shanghai, China, 1,063 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 31.251, 121.390.

How big is Putuo compared with other cities in China?

It is the 138th 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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