What is the population of Quanzhou?
Quanzhou has a city population of 1,469,157. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Quanzhou
At 14 m above sea level, Quanzhou holds a population of 1,469,157 and ranks fourth among the 25 cities in Fujian. The city sits 1,680 km from Beijing. Jinjiang, with 1,416,151 residents, lies 11 km away; Luoyang (66,188) is also 11 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
#4of 25
Elevation
14 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
24.914, 118.586
Record updated
2024-07-13
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 |
| Quanzhou | 1.47M |
Quanzhou Population FAQ
Where is Quanzhou?
Quanzhou is in Fujian, China, 1,680 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 24.914, 118.586.
How big is Quanzhou compared with other cities in China?
It is the 104th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.