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Yueyang

Hunan · China
City population
991,465
#178
in China
#8
in Hunan
#560
worldwide
BeijingYueyang
29.375, 113.095 · 1,209 km from Beijing
City population
991,465
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in China
#178
of 2,091 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#560
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of China
0.1%
of the national population

About Yueyang

At 1,209 km from Beijing, Yueyang has a population of 991,465, placing it 178th among China's listed cities. The city ranks eighth in Hunan Province and accounts for 0.1% of the national population. Xindi, the nearest listed city, lies 61 km away with a population of 175,761; four other cities with populations between 54,000 and 122,000 sit within 82 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
#178of 2,091
LargestSmallest
Position in Hunan
#8of 43
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
China
Region
Hunan
Rank in region
#8of 43
Distance to capital
1,209 km
to Beijing
Elevation
43 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
29.375, 113.095
Record updated
2021-10-11
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.

61KMXindi176K people67KMNanzhou54K people77KMXiulin122K people80KMWenxing57K people82KMFengkou67K 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. Yueyang991K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Yueyang 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
Yueyang991K

Yueyang Population FAQ

What is the population of Yueyang?

Yueyang has a city population of 991,465. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Yueyang?

Yueyang is in Hunan, China, 1,209 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 29.375, 113.095.

How big is Yueyang compared with other cities in China?

It is the 178th 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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