What is the population of Xiamen?
Xiamen has a city population of 4,617,251. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Xiamen
At 12 m above sea level, this city of 4.6 million is the largest in Fujian and ranks 23rd among China's listed cities. It sits 1,723 km from Beijing. Zhangzhou, a city of 590,000, lies 43 km away; Jinjiang, with 1.4 million residents, is 62 km distant.
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
#1of 25
Elevation
12 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
24.480, 118.082
Record updated
2024-09-05
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 |
| Xiamen | 4.62M |
Xiamen Population FAQ
Where is Xiamen?
Xiamen is in Fujian, China, 1,723 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 24.480, 118.082.
How big is Xiamen compared with other cities in China?
It is the 23rd largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.3% of the national population.