What is the population of Wuxi?
Wuxi has a city population of 4,396,835. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Wuxi
The third-largest city in Jiangsu, Wuxi holds 4,396,835 people and accounts for 0.3% of China's population. Located 991 km from Beijing, it sits at 10 m elevation and anchors a cluster of major cities: Suzhou (6,715,559 people) lies 41 km away, Changzhou (3,290,918) is 39 km distant, and Jiangyin (1,779,515) stands 38 km off.
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 155
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
31.569, 120.289
Record updated
2025-02-26
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 |
| Wuxi | 4.4M |
Wuxi Population FAQ
Where is Wuxi?
Wuxi is in Jiangsu, China, 991 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 31.569, 120.289.
How big is Wuxi compared with other cities in China?
It is the 25th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.3% of the national population.