Hangzhou's 2026 population is now estimated at 10,697,657. In 1990, the population of Hangzhou was 1,845,055. Hangzhou has grown by 243,604 in the last year, which represents a 2.33% annual change. These population values and projections come from China city population series 1990-2020 via CityPopulation official attribution and World Population Review Internal Projections .
| City | 2026 Pop. ↓ | Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24,722,254 | 1.93% |
| Beijing | 21,571,693 | 2.06% |
| Shenzhen | 20,622,629 | 2.64% |
| Guangzhou | 18,515,410 | 2.23% |
| Chengdu | 15,831,571 | 2.44% |
| Tianjin | 12,361,093 | 1.8% |
| Wuhan | 11,746,708 | 1.81% |
| Dongguan | 11,485,606 | 2.74% |
| Chongqing | 10,933,060 | 2.1% |
| Xi'an | 10,738,037 | 2.13% |
| Hangzhou | 10,697,657 | 2.33% |
| Foshan | 10,673,812 | 2.61% |
| Nanjing | 8,562,383 | 2.07% |
| Shenyang | 7,701,267 | 1.48% |
| Zhengzhou | 7,487,991 | 2.34% |
| Qingdao | 7,080,465 | 2.2% |
| Suzhou | 6,911,912 | 2.52% |
| Changsha | 6,494,068 | 2.27% |
| Jinan | 6,436,275 | 2.08% |
| Kunming | 6,061,121 | 2.21% |
| Hefei | 5,930,446 | 2.52% |
| Shijiazhuang | 5,869,423 | 2.26% |
| Harbin | 5,760,502 | 1.52% |
| Dalian | 5,521,027 | 1.87% |
| Xiamen | 5,471,952 | 2.67% |
| Nanning | 5,320,113 | 2.36% |
| Changchun | 5,110,411 | 1.84% |
| Taiyuan | 4,831,308 | 1.85% |
| Guiyang | 4,588,310 | 2.1% |
| Wuxi | 4,582,705 | 2.33% |
| Zhongshan | 4,541,011 | 2.63% |
| Urumqi | 4,385,217 | 2.11% |
| Ningbo | 4,320,326 | 2.33% |
| Fuzhou | 4,269,451 | 2.18% |
| Shantou | 4,249,275 | 1.64% |
| Nanchang | 4,027,247 | 2.15% |
| Changzhou | 3,711,170 | 2.41% |
| Nantong | 3,474,235 | 2.39% |
| Huizhou | 3,412,671 | 2.57% |
| Lanzhou | 3,354,151 | 1.73% |
| Xuzhou | 3,247,552 | 2.11% |
| Linyi | 3,211,011 | 2.49% |
| Zibo | 3,125,463 | 2.04% |
| Wenzhou | 3,030,849 | 2.53% |
| Tangshan | 2,841,172 | 1.74% |
| Haikou | 2,727,405 | 2.37% |
| Hohhot | 2,715,016 | 2.14% |
| Shaoxing | 2,713,087 | 2.39% |
| Yantai | 2,684,197 | 2.37% |
| Zhuhai | 2,574,666 | 2.44% |
| Luoyang | 2,521,653 | 1.96% |
| Liuzhou | 2,508,650 | 2.06% |
| Handan | 2,408,684 | 2.22% |
| Yangzhou | 2,389,666 | 2.3% |
| Baotou | 2,323,692 | 1.6% |
| Weifang | 2,287,356 | 2.15% |
| Baoding | 2,214,667 | 2.11% |
| Huai'an | 2,110,834 | 2.48% |
| Ganzhou | 2,086,733 | 2.53% |
| Jiangmen | 2,086,560 | 2.38% |
| Datong | 1,987,839 | 1.52% |
| Kunshan | 1,973,206 | 2.79% |
| Zunyi | 1,932,724 | 2.27% |
| Yinchuan | 1,928,110 | 2.35% |
| Xiangyang | 1,920,516 | 2.07% |
| Xining | 1,881,962 | 1.85% |
| Jining | 1,850,655 | 1.37% |
| Wuhu | 1,834,285 | 2.19% |
| Putian | 1,821,529 | 2.65% |
| Mianyang | 1,790,980 | 2.3% |
| Daqing | 1,776,920 | 1.65% |
| Yiwu | 1,746,582 | 2.6% |
| Qinhuangdao | 1,744,875 | 2.19% |
| Taizhou | 1,729,645 | 2.41% |
| Quanzhou | 1,725,800 | 2.54% |
| Xingtai | 1,712,952 | 2.31% |
| Zhuzhou | 1,711,295 | 2% |
| Cixi | 1,705,623 | 2.48% |
| Jinjiang | 1,694,964 | 2.82% |
| Nanyang | 1,632,090 | 2.35% |
| Tai'an | 1,616,764 | 2.11% |
| Jilin | 1,585,983 | 0.81% |
| Shangrao | 1,583,656 | 2.61% |
| Zhanjiang | 1,577,776 | 1.91% |
| Jiangyin | 1,575,170 | 2.65% |
| Yancheng | 1,556,374 | 2.22% |
| Weihai | 1,554,203 | 2.36% |
| Taizhou | 1,550,745 | 2.22% |
| Zaozhuang | 1,544,258 | 2.14% |
| Guilin | 1,538,844 | 1.96% |
| Anshan | 1,531,601 | 0.56% |
| Maoming | 1,491,028 | 2.09% |
| Zhangjiakou | 1,479,923 | 1.61% |
| Heze | 1,475,478 | 2.1% |
| Chaozhou | 1,452,592 | 2.33% |
| Jieyang | 1,452,295 | 2.46% |
| Yichang | 1,452,027 | 1.96% |
| Changshu | 1,447,575 | 2.56% |
| Nanchong | 1,433,721 | 2.13% |
| Xinxiang | 1,427,659 | 1.86% |
| Qingyuan | 1,416,880 | 2.65% |
| Jiaxing | 1,383,109 | 2.4% |
| Fuyang | 1,383,005 | 2.36% |
| Huainan | 1,361,846 | 1.32% |
| Xianyang | 1,345,027 | 1.92% |
| Anyang | 1,336,053 | 1.88% |
| Kaifeng | 1,332,913 | 1.77% |
| Hengyang | 1,325,705 | 1.8% |
| Dazhou | 1,325,313 | 2.44% |
| Rizhao | 1,325,199 | 2.29% |
| Luzhou | 1,286,949 | 2.1% |
| Suqian | 1,280,787 | 2.66% |
| Zhenjiang | 1,278,222 | 2.05% |
| Yueyang | 1,277,946 | 2.03% |
| Yibin | 1,261,709 | 2.17% |
| Zhangjiagang | 1,255,134 | 2.72% |
| Changde | 1,254,536 | 2.09% |
| Huzhou | 1,251,744 | 2.29% |
| Baoji | 1,248,457 | 1.92% |
| Lu'an | 1,244,413 | 2.39% |
| Chifeng | 1,240,315 | 2.02% |
| Lianyungang | 1,221,093 | 2.09% |
| Fushun | 1,215,614 | -0.18% |
| Jinhua | 1,211,434 | 2.4% |
| Bengbu | 1,197,039 | 1.69% |
| Shangqiu | 1,196,775 | 2.36% |
| Yuyao | 1,183,899 | 2.45% |
| Rui'an | 1,181,327 | 2.44% |
| Changzhi | 1,177,708 | 1.88% |
| Zhaoqing | 1,177,389 | 2.05% |
| Xinyang | 1,175,268 | 2.33% |
| Liaocheng | 1,172,346 | 2.21% |
| Pingdingshan | 1,154,625 | 1.59% |
| Qujing | 1,138,594 | 2.44% |
| Jinzhou | 1,109,015 | 1.33% |
| Nan'an | 1,106,923 | 2.63% |
| Puning | 1,104,199 | 2.61% |
| Dongying | 1,092,627 | 2.04% |
| Tengzhou | 1,091,187 | 2.4% |
| Panjin | 1,090,457 | 1.71% |
| Yueqing | 1,089,512 | 2.19% |
| Jiujiang | 1,088,544 | 2.05% |
| Guigang | 1,084,994 | 2.58% |
| Xiangtan | 1,083,681 | 1.65% |
| Shiyan | 1,078,127 | 1.94% |
| Wenling | 1,064,904 | 2.31% |
| Liuyang | 1,053,117 | 2.71% |
| Suzhou | 1,051,120 | 2.11% |
| Jingzhou | 1,046,117 | 1.55% |
| Yixing | 1,035,678 | 2.4% |
| Hengshui | 1,030,124 | 2.4% |
| Qiqihar | 1,028,891 | -0.01% |
| Langfang | 1,026,427 | 2.33% |
| Yulin | 1,013,931 | 2.29% |
| Pizhou | 1,006,556 | 2.65% |
| Xuchang | 977,783 | 2.22% |
| Zhangzhou | 975,922 | 2.28% |
| Dezhou | 969,233 | 2.21% |
| Suining | 966,024 | 2.41% |
| Jiaozuo | 964,708 | 1.58% |
| Yangjiang | 962,285 | 1.81% |
| Zigong | 960,978 | 1.63% |
| Chenzhou | 949,612 | 2.33% |
| Puyang | 946,565 | 2.2% |
| Luohe | 945,433 | 2.49% |
| Huaibei | 941,507 | 2% |
| Xinzheng | 931,063 | 2.64% |
| Danyang | 928,260 | 2.5% |
| Leshan | 907,524 | 1.96% |
| Ningxiang | 906,498 | 2.79% |
| Sanhe | 902,355 | 2.7% |
| Rugao | 898,514 | 2.6% |
| Qinzhou | 895,901 | 2.38% |
| Shaoguan | 893,450 | 1.71% |
| Zhuji | 885,542 | 2.36% |
| Zhumadian | 879,030 | 2.42% |
| Ma'anshan | 876,044 | 1.77% |
| Fuqing | 872,088 | 2.49% |
| Bozhou | 866,901 | 2.29% |
| Haining | 865,999 | 2.23% |
| Xintai | 865,020 | 1.77% |
| Cangzhou | 862,758 | 2.04% |
| Yiyang | 859,991 | 2.01% |
| Mudanjiang | 858,142 | 0.98% |
| Tianshui | 855,539 | 2.04% |
| Laiwu | 851,698 | 1.8% |
| Zoucheng | 851,319 | 1.9% |
| Xiaogan | 850,542 | 2.16% |
| Huludao | 845,196 | 1.62% |
| Xiantao | 836,056 | 1.7% |
| Benxi | 825,423 | 0.35% |
| Liaoyang | 819,706 | 1.14% |
| Dandong | 791,551 | 0.9% |
| Lhasa | 657,317 | 2.29% |
| Jixi | 616,668 | -0.25% |
