thumb|Kaart centraal-oost China Dit artikel geeft een overzicht van steden in de Volksrepubliek China met meer dan 1 miljoen inwoners (1950-2020).
De bevolkingsaantallen van de centrale stadsdistricten zijn weergegeven (urban residents), niet de gehele stadsprovincie of stadsprefectuur. Daarbij zijn alleen de inwoners binnen de juridische of politieke stadsgrenzen meegenomen (de stad zelf) en dus niet de inwoners in de voorsteden en het stedelijk gebied (agglomeratie).
Cijfers 1990-2020 zijn gebaseerd op de officiële volkstellingen, zoals gepubliceerd op Citypopulation, cijfers 1950-1980 volgens Verenigde Naties, zoals gepubliceerd op Macrotrends.
Aantal inwonersAantal steden> 10.000.000 inwoners 7> 5.000.000 inwoners24> 3.000.000 inwoners39> 2.000.000 inwoners55> 1.000.000 inwoners138
Opmerking: Hongkong is een speciale bestuurlijke regio, hiervoor zijn de volkstellingen van 1971 t/m 2021 gebruikt.
+ Steden in de Volksrepubliek China StadInwoneraantal Provincie 2020 2010 2000 1990 1980197019601950 Shanghai 21.909.81420.217.74814.230.993 8.280.7325.966.1716.036.4926.819.6344.300.942Shanghai Beijing18.960.74416.704.30610.429.722 6.547.0015.459.6794.308.9893.466.2761.671.365BeijingShenzhen17.444.60910.358.3816.480.3401.081.62151.00820.0017.8403.073GuangdongGuangzhou16.096.72410.641.4088.090.9763.509.7261.870.0031.542.2331.271.9811.049.031GuangdongChengdu13.568.3577.823.8314.746.7702.020.6312.150.0001.750.0001.580.303646.157SichuanTianjin 11.052.4049.735.6656.922.7214.719.5583.750.3683.317.8072.935.2362.467.294TianjinWuhan10.494.8797.541.5276.787.4823.791.6222.515.7622.039.3961.653.3271.068.541Hubei Dongguan9.644.8717.271.3223.870.036552.328137.169113.95098.86891.558Guangdong Chongqing9.580.8196.263.7904.912.7322.518.7212.961.4002.237.3442.275.1581.566.966Chongqing Xi'an9.392.9385.596.0833.969.2002.462.4611.178.173959.739781.847574.716Shaanxi Hangzhou9.236.0325.849.5373.662.0541.845.0551.141.4301.026.735948.198610.490Zhejiang Foshan 9.042.5096.771.8954.006.681901.455570.252322.640182.574103.298GuangdongNanjing7.519.8145.827.8884.042.3372.322.9471.730.9191.459.2211.230.2291.037.123JiangsuHongkong7.413.0707.071.5766.708.3895.674.1145.109.8123.936.6303.129.6482.237.000Hongkong Shenyang 7.026.3585.718.2324.596.7853.650.6783.418.0003.156.0002.699.0001.681.846LiaoningZhengzhou 6.461.0133.559.7892.424.0101.134.174818.605507.948315.226195.559HenanQingdao6.165.2794.556.0773.413.0371.461.9271.094.902905.939901.805751.106ShandongSuzhou 5.892.8924.083.9232.160.907872.673555.758507.745516.109457.062JiangsuJinan 5.648.1624.119.8013.190.3491.579.5721.260.0001.060.0001.002.979575.915ShandongChangsha5.630.2563.193.3542.233.7901.151.155830.056730.949860.796577.078HunanKunming 5.273.1443.385.3632.643.1151.142.912561.237472.208397.321334.294YunnanHarbin 5.242.8974.596.3133.627.0822.690.3911.991.9881.695.5401.442.692726.527HeilongjiangShijiazhuang 5.090.4403.317.2752.268.9671.112.194991.106692.181504.513272.216HebeiHefei 5.055.9783.098.7271.549.476714.242750.527518.863316.240145.407AnhuiDalian 4.913.8793.902.4672.872.048 1.884.310 1.423.7701.176.959938.450715.898LiaoningXiamen 4.617.2513.119.1101.454.450 423.796490.506417.562317.243193.346FujianNanning 4.582.7032.660.8331.667.159817.206621.437431.886323.292143.045GuangxiChangchun 4.557.3563.281.5102.571.2541.721.5791.655.4151.254.7991.110.918764.622JilinTaiyuan 4.303.6733.154.1572.538.3361.577.6401.105.695621.625349.535196.510ShanxiGuiyang 4.021.2752.520.0611.894.3441.079.652808.904702.266424.606249.496GuizhouWuxi 3.956.9852.757.7361.872.915 775.702 773.104602.460469.514365.880JiangsuUrumqi 3.842.5602.853.398 1.820.7401.172.018880.592581.161296.129102.284XinjiangZhongshan 3.841.8732.740.9941.434.251393.353240.886147.47790.30155.285GuangdongShantou3.838.9003.644.0173.070.3641.750.256419.739344.889305.363270.358GuangdongNingbo 3.731.2032.583.0731.696.811753.719447.477376.861337.954281.671ZhejiangFuzhou 3.723.4543.102.4212.311.845953.662741.509549.086406.631301.109FujianNanchang 3.518.9752.614.3801.810.025 963.360787.955614.703563.65 r343.221JiangxiChangzhou 3.187.3152.257.3761.513.152 525.085469.103326.528220.761149.237JiangsuLanzhou 3.012.5772.438.5951.914.1631.289.7561.033.170862.851589.272335.740GansuNantong 2.987.6002.066.1661.335.957527.476371.079291.767305.496243.191JiangsuHuizhou 2.900.1131.807.8581.057.659302.636142.80299.72169.64348.633GuangdongXuzhou 2.845.5522.214.7951.623.307809.384620.533556.960462.071340.587JiangsuZibo 2.750.3122.261.7171.929.403776.912526.641356.915241.914163.950ShandongLinyi 2.743.8431.522.4881.186.215260.558127.73562.65130.73515.075ShandongWenzhou 2.582.0172.686.825 1.583.3871.456.319948.690766.666418.785151.004ZhejiangTangshan 2.549.9682.128.1911.660.0541.088.214758.241646.193573.515447.939HebeiHohhot 2.373.3991.497.1101.020.152634.514480.799365.233234.223122.096Nei MengguHaikou 2.349.2391.517.4101.028.724411.212 347.595247.304168.237106.982HainanShaoxing 2.333.0801.725.7261.153.416412.698215.401144.05896.35564.441ZhejiangYantai 2.311.8851.797.8611.261.476422.282241.480216.169199.89391.789ShandongLuoyang 2.230.6611.539.1001.205.131725.360538.304392.016250.515145.415HenanZhuhai 2.207.0901.369.5381.056.169269.45738.65716.5407.1923.127GuangdongLiuzhou 2.204.8411.624.5711.190.072661.849435.177314.444231.629117.585GuangxiBaotou 2.104.1141.874.3231.394.7611.044.088835.227754.485346.543104.231Nei MengguHandan 2.095.1341.540.827933.567555.607316.134190.169114.41168.823HebeiYangzhou 2.067.2541.584.2371.249.112 387.785293.779247.050205.701169.715JiangsuWeifang 1.998.4051.261.5821.263.016392.644356.093286.093207.553129.179Shandong Baoding 1.940.384 1.397.350 1.032.079 538.344 384.904337.913264.249173.000HebeiDatong 1.809.505 1.420.467 1.091.408 928.449565.225431.922358.246200.618ShanxiHuai'an 1.804.611 1.523.655 842.628 330.379219.476145.76896.82564.308JiangsuJiangmen 1.795.459 1.480.023 876.531 379.397156.961129.382106.65587.915GuangdongGanzhou 1.778.132 1.035.911 514.534 237.475109.58563.87937.24221.709Jiangxi Jining 1.700.054 1.327.483 1.198.050871.170462.032248.100133.24671.550 ShandongXiangyang 1.686.403 1.433.057 1.204.039 462.113287.362178.616134.09056.585HubeiXining 1.677.177 1.227.209 981.059 621.533427.437321.435184.19170.186QinghaiZunyi 1.675.245 995.311 766.100 321.211183.125134.148106.08294.096GuizhouYinchuan 1.662.968 1.159.457 578.362 383.654242.155162.958109.67559.176NingxiaKunshan 1.652.159 1.118.617 434.429 96.62563.80842.12727.81618.365JiangsuDaqing 1.604.027 1.433.698 1.094.892 756.444529.040369.926258.693180.888Heilongjiang Wuhu 1.598.165 1.108.087 641.259 441.999344.269268.111208.815162.622AnhuiMianyang 1.549.499 1.063.272 880.991 268.698191.305139.239101.35273.768SichuanPutian 1.539.389 1.107.199 627.124 131.972220.912156.735111.21378.905FujianQinhuangdao 1.520.199 1.088.587 761.022 381.187238.213172.529124.96790.509HebeiZhuzhou 1.510.148 1.093.730 892.771 459.650 291.961214.694157.889116.104HunanJilin 1.509.292 1.469.722 1.448.434 1.090.329770.151606.008550.469393.798JilinTaizhou 1.485.502 1.189.276 1.200.809 125.306169.702107.92768.64743.658ZhejiangYiwu 1.481.384 878.903 560.317 114.25846.52318.9347.7073.137 ZhejiangXingtai 1.480.754 1.060.749 597.713 345.111321.754259.818209.818169.428HebeiAnshan 1.480.332 1.504.996 1.389.660 1.233.947967.176812.36850.045455.250LiaoningQuanzhou 1.469.157 1.154.731 764.100 173.571143.072128.798115.952104.384FujianCixi 1.457.510 1.059.942 675.727 207.17872.83225.5898.9933.160ZhejiangTai'an 1.416.591 1.123.541 937.761 366.443115.79236.56611.5513.648ShandongJinjiang 1.416.151 1.172.827 480.433 97.99052.31727.92214.9057.955FujianNanyang 1.407.616 899.899 696.638 228.293161.950145.71799.09644.74HenanZhanjiang 1.400.709 1.038.762 832.273 485.833363.451271.854203.357152.107GuangdongGuilin 1.361.244 963.629 814.246 424.373403.947295.539202.521125.768GuangxiYancheng 1.353.475 1.136.826 933.832 293.924228.930133.66878.05845.576JiangsuZaozhuang 1.349.883 980.893 883.031 302.641244.920198.184160.375129.773Shandong Taizhou 1.348.327 1.053.601 815.981 302.991110.92451.73024.13011.253JiangsuShangrao 1.342.220 885.740 360.862 175.86679.37250.72432.42020.719JiangxiWeihai 1.339.645 1.009.491 759.145 231.10781.71462.23647.40536.105ShandongZhangjiakou 1.339.384 1.180.667 908.364 649.380434.394342.852270.619213.590HebeiJiangyin 1.331.352 1.013.670 555.454 129.54452.22721.0468.4833.418JiangsuMaoming 1.307.802 1.033.196 971.469 310.45577.19249.65131.94020.544GuangdongHeze 1.293.767 725.673 661.465 305.66668.84024.388.8203.157 ShandongYichang 1.284.305 1.049.363 869.092 412.605324.437183.479103.77958.690HubeiXinxiang 1.271.350 918.078 775.941 450.347 398.292290.904212.489155.198HenanHuainan 1.255.619 1.238.488 1.062.430 724.157606.285507.550385.439252.858AnhuiNanchong 1.254.455 890.402 621.403 348.201218.010205.819185.690156.498SichuanChaozhou 1.254.007 1.256.268 708.368 333.390157.229126.938107.78998.714GuangdongJieyang 1.242.906 1.226.848 936.485 176.42171.74329.16111.8554.819GuangdongChangshu 1.230.599 929.124 565.178 146.49062.00426.23211.1004.696JiangsuFushun 1.228.890 1.318.808 1.359.873 1.288.959991.234829.487726.844636.879LiaoningQingyuan 1.197.581 916.453 350.545 167.89245.69216.4715.9392.141GuangdongKaifeng 1.193.802 894.142 618.232 512.932422.714371.877327.166287.821HenanXianyang 1.192.776 730.704 685.272 317.000251.938200.431159.464126.863ShaanxiFuyang 1.191.810 780.522 742.862 142.170131.91165.43232.46316.102AnhuiJiaxing 1.188.321 762.643 451.443 209.898150.875118.33892.82472.806ZhejiangAnyang 1.187.772 908.129 768.992 410.367308.378220.645157.887112.968HenanHengyang 1.185.130 1.055.964 757.267 503.725334.052221.481146.86297.371HunanRizhao 1.147.175 902.272 631.562 248.388100.74840.84416.626.715ShandongDazhou 1.135.817 678.690 382.224 181.88579.39739.21919.3779.572SichuanLuzhou 1.128.479 742.274 668.335 272.736196.891142.113102.58474.043SichuanYueyang 1.125.448 924.099 845.109 304.565143.49067.57531.83014.990HunanZhenjiang 1.123.813 950.516 764.105 328.121280.184235.133207.858198.630JiangsuBaoji 1.107.702 871.940 645.414 401.237316.652225.916162.488118.267ShaanxiYibin 1.100.737 708.447 561.636 255.38396.07840.88517.4037.406SichuanChangde 1.100.719 846.308 759.262 275.195191.775140.272107.66288.806HunanChifeng 1.093.068 902.285 692.267 345.035240.817186.299144.133111.503Binnen-Mongolië Huzhou 1.083.953 748.471 560.743 214.354158.465112.46579.82656.654ZhejiangSuqian 1.081.559 783.376 414.408 97.72432.4629.2772.652758JiangsuWanzhou 1.078.149 859.662 574.033 207.055geen datageen datageen datageen dataChongqingBengbu 1.077.704 793.866 696.811 447.084350.195274.266214.814168.238AnhuiLianyungang 1.071.019 897.393 576.477 344.244269.737211.327165.577129.722JiangsuLu'an 1.069.940 661.217 355.816 202.447134.09088.79358.80538.941AnhuiZhangjiagang 1.055.893 762.625 432.352 59.09128.31413.5616.4963.112JiangsuChangzhi 1.047.461 848.227 604.846 404.993259.950181.018126.06687.787ShanxiPingdingshan 1.045.966 813.020 847.404 430.841228.52764.46218.1905.131HenanJinhua 1.040.948 710.597 442.104 183.30495.16549.38825.63613.305ZhejiangZhaoqing 1.035.810 784.642 595.296 312.373142.19281.74747.00427.023GuangdongShangqiu 1.031.123 618.549 457.625 164.475120.611110.317100.90492.292HenanQiqihar 1.029.522 1.033.174 1.031.6241.115.000812.153591.304430.544313.465HeilongjiangChangsha Xian 1.024.407 486.428 127.754 18.810geen datageen datageen datageen dataHunanJinzhou 1.021.478 946.098 776.628 591.653380.511316.000245.950159.767LiaoningLiaocheng 1.020.430 606.366 475.546 220.060104.45949.56523.52311.161ShandongXinyang 1.014.843 625.302 485.996 170.026206.885150.503109.49679.656HenanYuyao 1.013.866 672.909 348.812 177.26878.61034.84415.4486.847ZhejiangRui'an 1.012.731 927.383 465.230 230.138 95.50339.66116.4676.835Zhejiang U Bronnen
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