What is the population of Yangpu?
Yangpu has a city population of 1,210,800. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Yangpu
At 0.1% of China's national population, this city of 1.2 million ranks 436th globally but only ninth within Shanghai. It sits 1,067 km from Beijing and 3 km from Pudong, which holds 5.7 million people, and 3 km from Hongkou with 688,000 residents. The city lies at 9 m elevation.
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
#9of 35
Elevation
9 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
31.262, 121.519
Record updated
2026-03-31
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 |
| Yangpu | 1.21M |
Yangpu Population FAQ
Where is Yangpu?
Yangpu is in Shanghai, China, 1,067 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 31.262, 121.519.
How big is Yangpu compared with other cities in China?
It is the 144th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.