What is the population of Zhangzhou?
Zhangzhou has a city population of 589,831. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Zhangzhou
At 1,716 km from Beijing, Zhangzhou is a city in Fujian province with a population of 589,831. It ranks 261st among China's listed cities and eighth in its province. Xiamen, a major city of 4.6 million people, lies 43 km away; Longyan, with over 1 million residents, is 90 km distant.
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
#8of 25
Elevation
14 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
24.513, 117.656
Record updated
2021-09-20
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 |
| Zhangzhou | 590K |
Zhangzhou Population FAQ
Where is Zhangzhou?
Zhangzhou is in Fujian, China, 1,716 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 24.513, 117.656.
How big is Zhangzhou compared with other cities in China?
It is the 261st largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.0% of the national population.