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Yiwu

Zhejiang · China
City population
1,481,384
#103
in China
#7
in Zhejiang
#325
worldwide
BeijingYiwu
29.315, 120.077 · 1,225 km from Beijing
City population
1,481,384
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#103
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#325
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Yiwu

At 1,225 km from Beijing, Yiwu holds a population of 1.48 million, ranking 325th globally and 103rd among China's listed cities. Within Zhejiang province it ranks seventh of 40 cities. Puyang, 24 km away, is substantially larger at 3.59 million; Jinhua, at the same distance, has 1.46 million residents. Dongyang lies 15 km distant with a population of 130,387.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in China
#103of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Zhejiang
#7of 40
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Zhejiang
Rank in region
#7of 40
Distance to capital
1,225 km
to Beijing
Elevation
84 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
29.315, 120.077
Record updated
2021-12-13
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 China

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

15KMDongyang130K people24KMPuyang3.59M people45KMĀnwén52K people48KMZhuji111K people48KMJinhua1.46M people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Yiwu1.48M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Yiwu compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Yiwu1.48M

Yiwu Population FAQ

What is the population of Yiwu?

Yiwu has a city population of 1,481,384. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Yiwu?

Yiwu is in Zhejiang, China, 1,225 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 29.315, 120.077.

How big is Yiwu compared with other cities in China?

It is the 103rd largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.

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