China - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in China was 27,795,700 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27,795,700 in 2021 and a minimum value of 5,507,683 in 1977.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 6,865,312
1961 6,752,117
1962 6,640,636
1963 6,530,995
1964 6,423,017
1965 6,428,131
1966 6,387,638
1967 6,302,144
1968 6,217,680
1969 6,134,575
1970 6,052,468
1971 5,971,461
1972 5,891,428
1973 5,812,684
1974 5,734,886
1975 5,658,129
1976 5,582,296
1977 5,507,683
1978 5,558,902
1979 5,740,309
1980 5,927,898
1981 6,121,076
1982 6,320,829
1983 6,569,409
1984 6,828,127
1985 7,096,280
1986 7,375,356
1987 7,665,406
1988 7,967,288
1989 8,280,178
1990 8,605,812
1991 9,050,404
1992 9,518,933
1993 10,010,330
1994 10,527,820
1995 11,072,060
1996 11,645,250
1997 12,246,410
1998 12,879,500
1999 13,545,320
2000 14,246,540
2001 14,829,540
2002 15,357,260
2003 15,903,760
2004 16,470,500
2005 17,055,790
2006 17,662,730
2007 18,291,270
2008 18,943,090
2009 19,616,250
2010 20,314,310
2011 20,947,900
2012 21,555,450
2013 22,178,870
2014 22,821,230
2015 23,482,180
2016 24,163,230
2017 24,862,080
2018 25,582,140
2019 26,317,100
2020 27,058,480
2021 27,795,700

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in China was 3.14 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 6.35 in 1960, while its lowest value was 2.87 in 1990.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 6.35
1961 6.12
1962 5.79
1963 5.39
1964 5.03
1965 4.97
1966 4.85
1967 4.70
1968 4.55
1969 4.40
1970 4.25
1971 4.11
1972 3.98
1973 3.84
1974 3.68
1975 3.55
1976 3.44
1977 3.33
1978 3.25
1979 3.18
1980 3.12
1981 3.06
1982 3.00
1983 2.98
1984 2.97
1985 2.95
1986 2.93
1987 2.91
1988 2.90
1989 2.88
1990 2.87
1991 2.88
1992 2.90
1993 2.92
1994 2.94
1995 2.97
1996 3.00
1997 3.03
1998 3.06
1999 3.10
2000 3.14
2001 3.14
2002 3.12
2003 3.10
2004 3.09
2005 3.08
2006 3.07
2007 3.07
2008 3.07
2009 3.08
2010 3.08
2011 3.08
2012 3.07
2013 3.07
2014 3.07
2015 3.07
2016 3.07
2017 3.07
2018 3.08
2019 3.10
2020 3.12
2021 3.14

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization