What is the population of Wuhan?
Wuhan has a city population of 10,392,693. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Wuhan
At an elevation of 20 m in central China, Wuhan has a city-proper population of 10,392,693 and a metropolitan population of 8,591,000, making it one of the world's largest urban centers. The city experiences modest annual growth of 0.8% and maintains a density of 2,622 people per km². Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH) and Ezhou Huahu International Airport (EHU) serve the region's air transport needs. The city is led by mayor Cheng Yongwen.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Metro population
8,591,000
0.103% of world population
Archive estimateAnnual growth
+0.78%
Archive estimateDensity
2,622/km²
3,277 km² metro area
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 54
Leadership
Cheng Yongwen
Coordinates
30.583, 114.267
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 |
| Wuhan | 10.4M |
Airports
Scheduled-service airports within 100 km, nearest first.
- Wuhan Tianhe International AirportWUH
22 km from the city centre
- Ezhou Huahu International AirportEHU
79 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 |
Wuhan Population FAQ
Where is Wuhan?
Wuhan is in Hubei, China, 1,055 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 30.583, 114.267.
How big is Wuhan compared with other cities in China?
It is the 7th largest of the 2,091 cities listed in China, holding 0.7% of the national population.