What is the population of Shaoguan?
Shaoguan has a city population of 1,028,460. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Shaoguan
At 69 m above sea level, Shaoguan holds a population of 1,028,460 and ranks 19th among Guangdong's 101 cities. Located 1,700 km from Beijing, it sits within a cluster of smaller urban centres: Maba lies 13 km away with 113,609 residents, while Lecheng (124,268) stands 43 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
#19of 101
Elevation
69 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
24.800, 113.583
Record updated
2021-10-14
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 |
| Shaoguan | 1.03M |
Shaoguan Population FAQ
Where is Shaoguan?
Shaoguan is in Guangdong, China, 1,700 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 24.800, 113.583.
How big is Shaoguan compared with other cities in China?
It is the 167th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.