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Taizhou

Jiangsu · China
City population
1,607,108
#91
in China
#12
in Jiangsu
#284
worldwide
BeijingTaizhou
32.491, 119.908 · 883 km from Beijing
City population
1,607,108
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#91
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#284
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Taizhou

At 883 km from Beijing, Taizhou holds a population of 1.61 million in Jiangsu province, ranking 91st among China's listed cities and 12th within its province. The city sits at low elevation near several smaller urban centres: Jiangyan lies 22 km away with a population of 70,375, while Yangzhou, a substantially larger city of 1.58 million, is 46 km distant.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in China
#91of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Jiangsu
#12of 155
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Jiangsu
Rank in region
#12of 155
Distance to capital
883 km
to Beijing
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
32.491, 119.908
Record updated
2026-01-14
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 China

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

22KMJiangyan70K people33KMXiannü84K people37KMTaixing80K people46KMYangzhou1.58M people50KMXinghua106K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Taizhou1.61M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Taizhou compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Taizhou1.61M

Taizhou Population FAQ

What is the population of Taizhou?

Taizhou has a city population of 1,607,108. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Taizhou?

Taizhou is in Jiangsu, China, 883 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 32.491, 119.908.

How big is Taizhou compared with other cities in China?

It is the 91st largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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