What is the population of Shenyang?
Shenyang has a city population of 7,050,000. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Shenyang
With a metropolitan population of 7.22 million, Shenyang ranks among China's major urban centers. The city proper holds 7.05 million residents across a relatively dense urban footprint of 2,066 people per km². Situated at 53 meters elevation in northeastern China, Shenyang continues to expand at a measured pace of 0.6% annually.
Shenyang Taoxian International Airport serves as the primary air gateway for the city, supplemented by Anshan Teng'ao Airport and Air Base in the nearby area. The metropolitan area's substantial population base and infrastructure position it as a significant city within the region.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Metro population
7,220,000
0.087% of world population
Archive estimateAnnual growth
+0.55%
Archive estimateDensity
2,066/km²
3,495 km² metro area
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 51
Coordinates
41.792, 123.433
Record updated
13 April 2026
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 |
| Shenyang | 7.05M |
Airports
Scheduled-service airports within 100 km, nearest first.
- Shenyang Taoxian International AirportSHE
17 km from the city centre
- Anshan Teng'ao Airport / Anshan Air BaseAOG
90 km from the city centre
Source: OurAirports, matched by distance.
Population Trend in China
No free source publishes city population back to 1950, so the parent country's series is shown instead.
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 544,044,358 |
| 1960 | 654,802,069 |
| 1970 | 823,308,967 |
| 1980 | 983,163,542 |
| 1990 | 1,153,582,724 |
| 2000 | 1,269,581,175 |
| 2010 | 1,351,561,514 |
| 2020 | 1,426,106,093 |
| 2030 | 1,398,153,832 |
| 2040 | 1,342,816,657 |
| 2050 | 1,260,289,093 |
| 2060 | 1,135,127,191 |
| 2070 | 998,784,319 |
| 2080 | 870,252,344 |
| 2090 | 744,902,836 |
| 2100 | 633,368,113 |
Shenyang Population FAQ
Where is Shenyang?
Shenyang is in Liaoning, China, 628 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 41.792, 123.433.
How big is Shenyang compared with other cities in China?
It is the 16th largest of the 2,091 cities listed in China, holding 0.5% of the national population.