Wuhan, China Metro Area Population 1950-2024
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Wuhan, China metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Wuhan in 2024 is 8,851,000, a 1.53% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Wuhan in 2023 was 8,718,000, a 1.47% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Wuhan in 2022 was 8,592,000, a 1.4% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Wuhan in 2021 was 8,473,000, a 1.29% increase from 2020.
| Other Cities in China |
| City Name |
Population |
| Shanghai |
29,868,000 |
| Beijing |
22,189,000 |
| Chongqing |
17,774,000 |
| Guangzhou, Guangdong |
14,590,000 |
| Tianjin |
14,471,000 |
| Shenzhen |
13,312,000 |
| Nanjing, Jiangsu |
9,948,000 |
| Chengdu |
9,828,000 |
| Xian, Shaanxi |
9,014,000 |
| Wuhan |
8,851,000 |
| Hangzhou |
8,420,000 |
| Suzhou, Jiangsu |
8,351,000 |
| Shenyang |
7,830,000 |
| Foshan |
7,705,000 |
| Dongguan |
7,675,000 |
| Haerbin |
6,938,000 |
| Dalian |
6,217,000 |
| Qingdao |
6,105,000 |
| Zhengzhou |
6,015,000 |
| Jinan, Shandong |
5,941,000 |
| Changsha |
5,028,000 |
| Wulumqi |
5,006,000 |
| Kunming |
4,861,000 |
| Changchun |
4,802,000 |
| Hefei |
4,727,000 |
| Ningbo |
4,660,000 |
| Shantou |
4,657,000 |
| Shijiazhuang |
4,454,000 |
| Nanning |
4,291,000 |
| Taiyuan, Shanxi |
4,227,000 |
| Changzhou, Jiangsu |
4,086,000 |
| Nanchang |
4,016,000 |
| Wenzhou |
4,010,000 |
| Xiamen |
4,007,000 |
| Fuzhou, Fujian |
3,999,000 |
| Tangshan, Hebei |
3,925,000 |
| Guiyang |
3,661,000 |
| Wuxi, Jiangsu |
3,499,000 |
| Lanzhou |
3,366,000 |
| Handan |
3,086,000 |
| Huaian |
3,071,000 |
| Zhongshan |
3,051,000 |
| Weifang |
2,995,000 |
| Shaoxing |
2,882,000 |
| Yantai |
2,835,000 |
| Huizhou |
2,828,000 |
| Zibo |
2,828,000 |
| Luoyang |
2,667,000 |
| Nantong |
2,556,000 |
| Hohhot |
2,444,000 |
| Liuzhou |
2,397,000 |
| Baotou |
2,381,000 |
| Xuzhou |
2,333,000 |
| Putian |
2,250,000 |
| Wuhu, Anhui |
2,195,000 |
| Yangzhou |
2,175,000 |
| Taizhou, Zhejiang |
2,152,000 |
| Baoding |
2,150,000 |
| Linyi, Shandong |
2,120,000 |
| Haikou |
2,057,000 |
| Daqing |
2,044,000 |
| Lianyungang |
2,036,000 |
| Yancheng, Jiangsu |
2,034,000 |
| Zhuhai |
1,930,000 |
| Quanzhou |
1,921,000 |
| Datong |
1,914,000 |
| Cixi |
1,840,000 |
| Jiangmen |
1,797,000 |
| Xiangyang |
1,772,000 |
| Yichang |
1,758,000 |
| Yinchuan |
1,758,000 |
| Suqian |
1,726,000 |
| Qinhuangdao |
1,724,000 |
| Anshan |
1,713,000 |
| Xining |
1,705,000 |
| Hengyang |
1,702,000 |
| Jilin |
1,694,000 |
| Anyang |
1,693,000 |
| Qiqihaer |
1,662,000 |
| Jining, Shandong |
1,596,000 |
| Zhangjiakou |
1,568,000 |
| Huainan |
1,539,000 |
| Yiwu |
1,526,000 |
| Chaozhou |
1,521,000 |
| Ganzhou |
1,508,000 |
| Taizhou, Jiangsu |
1,478,000 |
| Jiaxing |
1,471,000 |
| Weihai |
1,466,000 |
| Taian, Shandong |
1,442,000 |
| Kaifeng |
1,434,000 |
| Liuyang |
1,429,000 |
| Liuan |
1,428,000 |
| Rizhao |
1,427,000 |
| Nanchong |
1,413,000 |
| Dongying |
1,411,000 |
| Zunyi |
1,406,000 |
| Zhanjiang |
1,399,000 |
| Shiyan |
1,387,000 |
| Mianyang, Sichuan |
1,376,000 |
| Tengzhou |
1,361,000 |
| Yingkou |
1,356,000 |
| Suzhou, Anhui |
1,350,000 |
| Maoming |
1,334,000 |
| Jieyang |
1,321,000 |
| Fushun, Liaoning |
1,317,000 |
| Ruian |
1,315,000 |
| Jinhua |
1,296,000 |
| Baoji |
1,290,000 |
| Pingdingshan, Henan |
1,286,000 |
| Puning |
1,283,000 |
| Chifeng |
1,280,000 |
| Zhuzhou |
1,277,000 |
| Zhenjiang, Jiangsu |
1,275,000 |
| Liupanshui |
1,273,000 |
| Huaibei |
1,265,000 |
| Nanyang, Henan |
1,250,000 |
| Xiangtan, Hunan |
1,249,000 |
| Pizhou |
1,247,000 |
| Luohe |
1,241,000 |
| Xiongan |
1,240,000 |
| Jinzhou |
1,238,000 |
| Benxi |
1,238,000 |
| Binzhou |
1,234,000 |
| Bazhong |
1,226,000 |
| Guilin |
1,218,000 |
| Yueqing |
1,201,000 |
| Xinxiang |
1,161,000 |
| Wenling |
1,159,000 |
| Zaozhuang |
1,151,000 |
| Fuyang |
1,146,000 |
| Panjin |
1,143,000 |
| Maanshan |
1,140,000 |
| Fuzhou, Jiangxi |
1,132,000 |
| Shangrao |
1,131,000 |
| Zhaoqing |
1,128,000 |
| Yichun, Jiangxi |
1,122,000 |
| Chenzhou |
1,120,000 |
| Leshan |
1,116,000 |
| Jingzhou, Hubei |
1,108,000 |
| Dezhou |
1,108,000 |
| Changshu |
1,094,000 |
| Xuchang |
1,092,000 |
| Huzhou |
1,092,000 |
| Qujing |
1,067,000 |
| Yueyang |
1,064,000 |
| Guiping |
1,056,000 |
| Xintai |
1,049,000 |
| Chengde |
1,025,000 |
| Pingxiang, Jiangxi |
1,022,000 |
| Zhucheng |
1,020,000 |
| Leiyang |
1,013,000 |
| Laiwu |
1,010,000 |
| Jixi, Heilongjiang |
1,009,000 |
| Jiujiang |
1,004,000 |
| Mudanjiang |
992,000 |
| Guigang |
990,000 |
| Hengshui |
984,000 |
| Zhangzhou |
980,000 |
| Xinyu |
979,000 |
| Linfen |
979,000 |
| Tianmen |
978,000 |
| Yangjiang |
977,000 |
| Liling |
971,000 |
| Deyang |
963,000 |
| Bengbu |
960,000 |
| Jiangyin |
959,000 |
| Baishan |
957,000 |
| Dandong |
933,000 |
| Changzhi |
931,000 |
| Changde |
919,000 |
| Liaoyang |
916,000 |
| Shangqiu |
916,000 |
| Kuerle |
907,000 |
| Xingtai |
904,000 |
| Quzhou |
903,000 |
| Huangshi |
893,000 |
| Fuxin |
890,000 |
| Xinghua |
883,000 |
| Yongzhou |
883,000 |
| Yibin |
881,000 |
| Xinyang |
873,000 |
| Luzhou |
871,000 |
| Yangquan |
870,000 |
| Huaihua |
870,000 |
| Xiaogan |
869,000 |
| Tianshui |
859,000 |
| Bozhou |
855,000 |
| Zhuji |
853,000 |
| Kunshan |
851,000 |
| Jincheng |
842,000 |
| Heze |
839,000 |
| Huludao |
836,000 |
| Haicheng |
835,000 |
| Taixing |
831,000 |
| Liaocheng |
830,000 |
| Zhumadian |
829,000 |
| Langfang |
828,000 |
| Anqiu |
822,000 |
| Gaomi |
821,000 |
| Hanchuan |
819,000 |
| Meishan |
818,000 |
| Danyang |
810,000 |
| Jiaozuo |
808,000 |
| Linhai |
796,000 |
| Anqing |
796,000 |
| Ordoss |
794,000 |
| Shaoguan |
794,000 |
| Yanan |
792,000 |
| Dengzhou |
783,000 |
| Zigong |
780,000 |
| Qingyuan |
779,000 |
| Yuncheng |
777,000 |
| Yanji |
776,000 |
| Shaoyang |
776,000 |
| Yuxi |
774,000 |
| Tongliao |
773,000 |
| Tongling |
770,000 |
| Wuzhou |
769,000 |
| Dazhou |
768,000 |
| Suining, Sichuan |
766,000 |
| Jiamusi |
762,000 |
| Zhangjiagang |
756,000 |
| Dongtai |
756,000 |
| Xianyang, Shaanxi |
754,000 |
| Panzhihua |
750,000 |
| Taicang |
747,000 |
| Ankang |
746,000 |
| Yuyao |
744,000 |
| Yulin, Shaanxi |
742,000 |
| Longyan |
740,000 |
| Hezhou |
729,000 |
| Zhoukou |
729,000 |
| Loudi |
729,000 |
| Bijie |
729,000 |
| Miluo |
728,000 |
| Renqiu |
728,000 |
| Tongxiang |
726,000 |
| Longhai |
719,000 |
| Puyang |
713,000 |
| Qinzhou |
711,000 |
| Ezhou |
706,000 |
| Enshi |
703,000 |
| Haimen |
699,000 |
| Zhoushan |
698,000 |
| Sanya |
698,000 |
| Sihui |
691,000 |
| Wuhai |
687,000 |
| Neijiang |
682,000 |
| Sanhe |
678,000 |
| Anshun |
671,000 |
| Hegang |
669,000 |
| Xinmi |
667,000 |
| Jinzhong |
666,000 |
| Cenxi |
663,000 |
| Jingjiang |
657,000 |
| Hanzhong |
656,000 |
| Yulin, Guangxi |
651,000 |
| Dengfeng |
649,000 |
| Shuozhou |
640,000 |
| Shishi |
637,000 |
| Siping |
637,000 |
| Fuqing |
636,000 |
| Daye |
635,000 |
| Zhaodong |
631,000 |
| Sanmenxia |
628,000 |
| Xinyi |
626,000 |
| Gaozhou |
624,000 |
| Yiyang, Hunan |
624,000 |
| Qitaihe |
618,000 |
| Tonghua |
618,000 |
| Xiantao |
616,000 |
| Dongyang |
616,000 |
| Zaoyang |
615,000 |
| Jiaozhou |
614,000 |
| Hebi |
609,000 |
| Guangyuan |
606,000 |
| Weinan |
599,000 |
| Yanshi |
596,000 |
| Yichun, Heilongjiang |
595,000 |
| Cangzhou |
595,000 |
| Feicheng |
591,000 |
| Yongkang |
589,000 |
| Tongchuan |
587,000 |
| Changning |
585,000 |
| Haining |
584,000 |
| Taishan |
581,000 |
| Xingning |
580,000 |
| Shouguang |
580,000 |
| Changge |
580,000 |
| Gaoyou |
578,000 |
| Qingzhou |
578,000 |
| Chuzhou |
578,000 |
| Longkou |
577,000 |
| Dali |
577,000 |
| Gongyi |
573,000 |
| Chaoyang |
573,000 |
| Chuxiong |
572,000 |
| Laixi |
571,000 |
| Pingdu |
570,000 |
| Changyi |
565,000 |
| Shangyu |
563,000 |
| Shizuishan |
563,000 |
| Heyuan |
561,000 |
| Guangan |
554,000 |
| Ziyang |
553,000 |
| Qianjiang |
549,000 |
| Jinjiang |
544,000 |
| Songyuan |
542,000 |
| Jianyang |
539,000 |
| Yongcheng |
535,000 |
| Zhuanghe |
534,000 |
| Jingmen |
531,000 |
| Xuancheng |
530,000 |
| Nanping |
530,000 |
| Chizhou |
530,000 |
| Gaoan |
528,000 |
| Hejian |
525,000 |
| Lvliang |
525,000 |
| Shuangyashan |
525,000 |
| Chaohu |
523,000 |
| Zhongxiang |
522,000 |
| Fuan |
515,000 |
| Beihai |
508,000 |
| Yuhuan |
507,000 |
| Pinghu |
506,000 |
| Kelamayi |
503,000 |
| Liyang |
493,000 |
| Jurong |
492,000 |
| Xinzheng |
490,000 |
| Wafangdian |
487,000 |
| Bayannaoer |
483,000 |
| Fengcheng |
481,000 |
| Jian, Jiangxi |
481,000 |
| Tongcheng |
481,000 |
| Fangchenggang |
479,000 |
| Nankang |
477,000 |
| Lishui, Zhejiang |
476,000 |
| Suizhou |
474,000 |
| Yixing |
471,000 |
| Yingde |
469,000 |
| Zhangye |
468,000 |
| Akesu |
467,000 |
| Hechi |
466,000 |
| Danzhou |
462,000 |
| Shanwei |
460,000 |
| Xingping |
458,000 |
| Longchang |
452,000 |
| Botou |
452,000 |
| Suihua |
451,000 |
| Xingyang |
450,000 |
| Jiyuan |
450,000 |
| Linzhou |
447,000 |
| Enping |
445,000 |
| Huangshan |
445,000 |
| Laibin |
443,000 |
| Gaoping |
441,000 |
| Hami |
438,000 |
| Heshan |
438,000 |
| Jiuquan |
436,000 |
| Pingliang |
436,000 |
| Xinyi |
433,000 |
| Rongcheng |
433,000 |
| Tieling |
433,000 |
| Wuwei |
432,000 |
| Changji |
432,000 |
| Emeishan |
431,000 |
| Baiyin |
429,000 |
| Shengzhou |
429,000 |
| Wanning |
423,000 |
| Meizhou |
422,000 |
| Kaiping |
420,000 |
| Jingdezhen |
418,000 |
| Xinzhou |
415,000 |
| Dujiangyan |
413,000 |
| Laizhou |
410,000 |
| Laiyang |
407,000 |
| Linqing |
406,000 |
| Qidong |
406,000 |
| Donggang |
405,000 |
| Yaan |
403,000 |
| Huixian |
400,000 |
| Luoding |
400,000 |
| Wenchang |
400,000 |
| Zhuozhou |
396,000 |
| Sanming |
396,000 |
| Dashiqiao |
396,000 |
| Ningguo |
395,000 |
| Qufu |
395,000 |
| Gongzhuling |
394,000 |
| Huazhou |
394,000 |
| Xingyi, Guizhou |
391,000 |
| Yushu |
390,000 |
| Yunfu |
388,000 |
| Lengshuijiang |
388,000 |
| Jiayuguan |
387,000 |
| Anlu |
386,000 |
| Liaoyuan |
385,000 |
| Xuanwei |
384,000 |
| Yining |
383,000 |
| Kaili |
380,000 |
| Shenmu |
380,000 |
| Zixing |
379,000 |
| Fujin |
378,000 |
| Zhaoyuan |
378,000 |
| Leping |
377,000 |
| Macheng |
377,000 |
| Zhangshu |
375,000 |
| Zhaotong |
375,000 |
| Manzhouli |
374,000 |
| Yuanjiang |
373,000 |
| Ningde |
369,000 |
| Xianning |
364,000 |
| Haiyang |
364,000 |
| Wuchuan |
364,000 |
| Wulanhaote |
363,000 |
| Songzi |
360,000 |
| Baicheng |
355,000 |
| Dingzhou |
353,000 |
| Anning |
350,000 |
| Rushan |
349,000 |
| Hailin |
347,000 |
| Rugao |
344,000 |
| Shihezi |
344,000 |
| Yangchun |
319,000 |
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Wuhan - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2024 |
8,851,000 |
1.53% |
| 2023 |
8,718,000 |
1.47% |
| 2022 |
8,592,000 |
1.40% |
| 2021 |
8,473,000 |
1.29% |
| 2020 |
8,365,000 |
1.20% |
| 2019 |
8,266,000 |
1.10% |
| 2018 |
8,176,000 |
1.06% |
| 2017 |
8,090,000 |
1.06% |
| 2016 |
8,005,000 |
1.06% |
| 2015 |
7,921,000 |
1.06% |
| 2014 |
7,838,000 |
1.06% |
| 2013 |
7,756,000 |
1.06% |
| 2012 |
7,675,000 |
1.07% |
| 2011 |
7,594,000 |
1.05% |
| 2010 |
7,515,000 |
1.06% |
| 2009 |
7,436,000 |
1.06% |
| 2008 |
7,358,000 |
1.06% |
| 2007 |
7,281,000 |
1.05% |
| 2006 |
7,205,000 |
1.07% |
| 2005 |
7,129,000 |
1.05% |
| 2004 |
7,055,000 |
1.06% |
| 2003 |
6,981,000 |
1.07% |
| 2002 |
6,907,000 |
1.05% |
| 2001 |
6,835,000 |
2.97% |
| 2000 |
6,638,000 |
6.87% |
| 1999 |
6,211,000 |
6.87% |
| 1998 |
5,812,000 |
6.86% |
| 1997 |
5,439,000 |
6.86% |
| 1996 |
5,090,000 |
6.87% |
| 1995 |
4,763,000 |
6.87% |
| 1994 |
4,457,000 |
6.86% |
| 1993 |
4,171,000 |
6.87% |
| 1992 |
3,903,000 |
6.87% |
| 1991 |
3,652,000 |
6.88% |
| 1990 |
3,417,000 |
3.36% |
| 1989 |
3,306,000 |
3.34% |
| 1988 |
3,199,000 |
3.36% |
| 1987 |
3,095,000 |
3.37% |
| 1986 |
2,994,000 |
3.35% |
| 1985 |
2,897,000 |
3.35% |
| 1984 |
2,803,000 |
3.36% |
| 1983 |
2,712,000 |
3.35% |
| 1982 |
2,624,000 |
2.14% |
| 1981 |
2,569,000 |
2.11% |
| 1980 |
2,516,000 |
2.11% |
| 1979 |
2,464,000 |
2.16% |
| 1978 |
2,412,000 |
2.12% |
| 1977 |
2,362,000 |
2.12% |
| 1976 |
2,313,000 |
2.12% |
| 1975 |
2,265,000 |
2.12% |
| 1974 |
2,218,000 |
2.12% |
| 1973 |
2,172,000 |
2.12% |
| 1972 |
2,127,000 |
2.11% |
| 1971 |
2,083,000 |
2.16% |
| 1970 |
2,039,000 |
2.10% |
| 1969 |
1,997,000 |
2.10% |
| 1968 |
1,956,000 |
2.14% |
| 1967 |
1,915,000 |
2.13% |
| 1966 |
1,875,000 |
2.12% |
| 1965 |
1,836,000 |
2.11% |
| 1964 |
1,798,000 |
2.10% |
| 1963 |
1,761,000 |
2.15% |
| 1962 |
1,724,000 |
2.13% |
| 1961 |
1,688,000 |
2.12% |
| 1960 |
1,653,000 |
2.10% |
| 1959 |
1,619,000 |
2.15% |
| 1958 |
1,585,000 |
2.13% |
| 1957 |
1,552,000 |
2.11% |
| 1956 |
1,520,000 |
2.15% |
| 1955 |
1,488,000 |
2.06% |
| 1954 |
1,458,000 |
2.17% |
| 1953 |
1,427,000 |
10.11% |
| 1952 |
1,296,000 |
10.11% |
| 1951 |
1,177,000 |
10.21% |
| 1950 |
1,068,000 |
0.00% |
