What is the population of Taizhou?
Taizhou has a city population of 1,485,502. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Taizhou
Home to 0.1% of China's population, Taizhou holds the 102nd rank among 2,091 listed Chinese cities and the sixth position within Zhejiang province. The city proper has 1,485,502 residents and sits 1,333 km from Beijing. Wenling, 32 km away, has 67,433 people; Wenzhou, 105 km distant, contains 2,650,000.
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
#6of 40
Elevation
15 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
28.663, 121.433
Record updated
2021-12-13
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 |
| Taizhou | 1.49M |
Taizhou Population FAQ
Where is Taizhou?
Taizhou is in Zhejiang, China, 1,333 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 28.663, 121.433.
How big is Taizhou compared with other cities in China?
It is the 102nd largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.