What is the population of Shaoyang?
Shaoyang has a city population of 753,194. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Shaoyang
Among China's 2,091 listed cities, Shaoyang ranks 220th by population, with 753,194 residents in the city proper. In Hunan province it ranks 11th of 43 cities. The city sits 1,480 km from Beijing. Five cities with populations between 58,000 and 115,399 lie within 57 km, the nearest being Lengshuijiang at 50 km.
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
#11of 43
Elevation
243 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
27.238, 111.462
Record updated
2021-10-13
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 |
| Shaoyang | 753K |
Shaoyang Population FAQ
Where is Shaoyang?
Shaoyang is in Hunan, China, 1,480 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 27.238, 111.462.
How big is Shaoyang compared with other cities in China?
It is the 220th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.