What is the population of Shihezi?
Shihezi has a city population of 572,772. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Shihezi
Positioned 2,537 km from Beijing, Shihezi is the second-largest listed city in Xinjiang, with a population of 572,772. Changji, a larger neighbour 106 km away with 198,776 residents, is the only city of comparable scale nearby; Sandaohezi (60,129) lies 33 km distant, while Wusu (72,587) and Xininglu (69,361) each sit over 100 km away.
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
#2of 110
Coordinates
44.302, 86.037
Record updated
20 September 2021
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 |
| Shihezi | 573K |
Shihezi Population FAQ
Where is Shihezi?
Shihezi is in Xinjiang, China, 2,537 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 44.302, 86.037.
How big is Shihezi compared with other cities in China?
It is the 262nd largest of the 2,091 cities listed in China, holding 0.0% of the national population.