What is the population of Yangzhou?
Yangzhou has a city population of 1,584,237. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Yangzhou
At 14 m above sea level, Yangzhou has a population of 1,584,237 in Jiangsu province. The city ranks 13th within the province and 95th among China's listed cities. Zhenjiang lies 21 km away with 950,516 residents, and Taizhou sits 46 km distant with 1,607,108 residents.
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
#13of 155
Elevation
14 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
32.397, 119.436
Record updated
2026-04-29
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 |
| Yangzhou | 1.58M |
Yangzhou Population FAQ
Where is Yangzhou?
Yangzhou is in Jiangsu, China, 878 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 32.397, 119.436.
How big is Yangzhou compared with other cities in China?
It is the 95th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.