What is the population of Tianshui?
Tianshui has a city population of 1,212,791. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Tianshui
At 1,153 m elevation in Gansu, Tianshui holds a population of 1.21 million, making it the third-largest city in the province and the 143rd in China. The city sits 1,113 km from Beijing. Beidao, 14 km away, is the largest nearby settlement at 75,000 people; several smaller cities cluster within 30 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
#3of 127
Elevation
1,153 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
34.580, 105.742
Record updated
2025-08-18
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 |
| Tianshui | 1.21M |
Tianshui Population FAQ
Where is Tianshui?
Tianshui is in Gansu, China, 1,113 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 34.580, 105.742.
How big is Tianshui compared with other cities in China?
It is the 143rd largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.