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Yixing

Jiangsu · China
City population
1,285,785
#130
in China
#16
in Jiangsu
#396
worldwide
BeijingYixing
31.361, 119.820 · 999 km from Beijing
City population
1,285,785
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#130
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#396
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Yixing

Surrounded by major urban centers, this city of 1.29 million sits 48 km from Changzhou (3.29 million) and 50 km from Wuxi (4.40 million). Yixing ranks 130th among China's 2,091 listed cities and 16th within Jiangsu province. Located 999 km from Beijing, the city lies at 8 m elevation in a region of closely spaced population centers; smaller neighboring cities including Licheng (72,276), Zhicheng (63,753), and Hutang (56,370) lie within 40 km.

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
#130of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Jiangsu
#16of 155
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Jiangsu
Rank in region
#16of 155
Distance to capital
999 km
to Beijing
Elevation
8 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
31.361, 119.820
Record updated
2022-04-01
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.

33KMLicheng72K people37KMHutang56K people40KMZhicheng64K people48KMChangzhou3.29M people50KMWuxi4.4M 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. Yixing1.29M
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Yixing 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
Yixing1.29M

Yixing Population FAQ

What is the population of Yixing?

Yixing has a city population of 1,285,785. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Yixing?

Yixing is in Jiangsu, China, 999 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 31.361, 119.820.

How big is Yixing compared with other cities in China?

It is the 130th 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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