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List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population

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This list hopes to rank cities in the People's Republic of China by population.

According to administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China, there are three level of cities, namely municipalities, prefecture-level cities, and county-level cities.

A prefecture-level city (地级市) is not a "city" in the strictest sense of the term, but instead an administrative unit comprising, typically, both an urban core (a city in the strict sense) and surrounding rural or less-urbanized areas usually many times the size of the central, built-up core. Prefecture-level cities nearly always contain multiple counties, county-level cities, and other such sub-divisions. To distinguish a prefecture-level city from its actual urban area (city in the strict sense), the term 市区 shìqū ("urban area"), is used. The population of the urban area is listed below, with the wider administrative area population.

This list contains all cities with the administrative designation sub-provincial city (副省级城市).

  1. 上海 Shanghai 9,838,000 (2001) Administrative Division: 17,780,000
  2. 北京 Beijing 7,500,000 Administrative Division: 14,930,000
  3. 广州 Guangzhou 6,560,500 administrative area: 12,600,000
  4. 天津 Tianjin 6,000,000 Administrative Division: 10,425,000
  5. 西安 Xi'an 5,000,000 administrative area: 8,030,000
  6. 南京 Nanjing 5,012,300 administrative area: 6,400,000
  7. 沈阳 Shenyang 4,959,000 administrative area: 7,204,000
  8. 哈尔滨 Harbin 4,642,400 administrative area: 9,462,300
  9. 深圳 Shenzhen 3,958,000 administrative area: 6,000,000 (2004)
  10. 成都 Chengdu 3,900,000 administrative area: 10,820,000
  11. 杭州 Hangzhou 3,900,000 administrative area: 6,400,000
  12. 重庆 Chongqing 3,100,000 Administrative Division: 31,442,000
  13. 武汉 Wuhan 3,062,100 administrative area: 9,100,000
  14. 唐山 Tangshan 2,960,000 (2003) administrative area: 7,100,000 (2003)
  15. 郑州 Zhengzhou 2,950,000 administrative area: 7,082,000
  16. 长春 Changchun 2,780,000 administrative area: 7,120,000
  17. 淄博 Zibo 2,756,500 administrative area: 4,149,900
  18. 青岛 Qingdao 2,584,000 administrative area: 7,311,200 (2004)
  19. 济南 Jinan 2,540,000 administrative area: 5,900,000
  20. 福州 Fuzhou 2,430,000 administrative area: 6,600,000
  21. 九龍 Kowloon 2,279,200
  22. 苏州 Suzhou 2,245,300 (2004) administrative area: 6,062,200 (2004)
  23. 徐州 Xuzhou 1,729,600 (2004) administrative area: 9,168,500 (2004)
  24. 洛阳 Luoyang 1,400,000 administrative area: 6,383,900 (2004)
  25. 香港岛 Hong Kong Island 1,367,900 (2000)
  26. 齐齐哈尔 Qiqihar 883,550 administrative area: 5,611,000
  27. 汕头 Shantou 1,200,000 administrative area: 4.7 million (2006)
  28. 合肥 Hefei 4,446,800 (2004)
  29. 兰州 Lanzhou administrative area: 3,200,000
  30. 太原 Taiyuan administrative area: 2,930,000
  31. 石家庄 Shijiazhuang 2,100,000 (city proper) in 2004
  32. 无锡 Wuxi 2,235,700 (urban center, 2004)
  33. 长沙 Changsha 2,020,000 (metropolitan)
  34. 南昌 Nanchang 1,990,184 (metropolitan)
  35. 吉林市 Jilin City 1,900,751 (metropolitan)
  36. 大连 Dalian 1,657,500
  37. 乌鲁木齐 Ürümqi 1,600,000
  38. 包头 Baotou 1,476,137 (2006) -- Urban area: 1,301,768
  39. 抚顺 Fushun 1,384,000
  40. 厦门 Xiamen 1,370,000
  41. 珠海 Zhuhai 1,332,000 (2004)
  42. 鞍山 Anshan 1,180,000 (Haicheng sub-city)
  43. 周口 Zhoukou 1,060,000
  44. 昆明 Kunming 1,055,000 (2006)
  45. 邯郸 Handan 894,000 (1994)
  46. 南宁 Nanning 880,400
  47. 温州 Wenzhou 873,000 administrative area: 7,777,000 (2006)
  48. 泉州 Quanzhou administrative area: 7,520,000 (excluding Quemoy)
  49. 贵阳 Guiyang 848,166
  50. 宁波 Ningbo 820,000 administrative area: 5,527,000 (2004)
  51. 南阳 Nanyang, Henan 800,000 administrative area: 10,700,000 million
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