What is the population of Qingdao?
Qingdao has a city population of 7,172,451. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Qingdao
The largest city in Shandong, Qingdao has a population of 7,172,451, accounting for 0.5% of China's total. It lies 552 km from Beijing and sits at 16 m elevation. Jiaozhou, with 619,266 people, is the most populous of the nearby cities within 43 km; four others range from 50,371 to 75,656.
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
#1of 177
Elevation
16 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
36.065, 120.380
Record updated
2024-03-26
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 |
| Qingdao | 7.17M |
Qingdao Population FAQ
Where is Qingdao?
Qingdao is in Shandong, China, 552 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 36.065, 120.380.
How big is Qingdao compared with other cities in China?
It is the 15th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.5% of the national population.