What is the population of Zunyi?
Zunyi has a city population of 2,037,775. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Zunyi
Ranked 198th among the world's cities by population, Zunyi holds 2,037,775 residents and stands as the second-largest city in Guizhou. It lies 1,615 km from Beijing at an elevation of 867 m. The nearest substantial settlement, Gulin, sits 115 km away with a population of 116,527.
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
#2of 36
Elevation
867 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Coordinates
27.687, 106.907
Record updated
2026-01-15
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 |
| Zunyi | 2.04M |
Zunyi Population FAQ
Where is Zunyi?
Zunyi is in Guizhou, China, 1,615 km from the capital, Beijing. Its coordinates are 27.687, 106.907.
How big is Zunyi compared with other cities in China?
It is the 66th largest of the 2,091 cities of 15,000 or more listed in China, holding 0.1% of the national population.