What is the population of Xinyu?
Xinyu has a city population of 839,488. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Xinyu
A city of 839,488 people, Xinyu ranks eighth among Jiangxi's 29 listed cities and 205th within China. It sits 1,353 km from Beijing. Nearby Yichun, 53 km away, is significantly larger at 1,045,952 people, while Fenyi lies 26 km distant with a population of 58,478.
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
#8of 29
Elevation
68 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
27.804, 114.933
Record updated
2025-08-20
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 |
| Xinyu | 839K |
Xinyu Population FAQ
Where is Xinyu?
Xinyu is in Jiangxi, China, 1,353 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 27.804, 114.933.
How big is Xinyu compared with other cities in China?
It is the 205th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.