World Bank · Urban
China: Population in the largest city
3.27percent · 2025+10.0% since 2015
Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for China from 1960 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.267 | |
| 2024 | 3.217 | |
| 2023 | 3.16 | |
| 2022 | 3.096 | |
| 2021 | 3.041 | |
| 2020 | 3.019 | |
| 2019 | 2.981 | |
| 2018 | 2.965 | |
| 2017 | 2.956 | |
| 2016 | 2.959 | |
| 2015 | 2.968 | |
| 2014 | 2.984 | |
| 2013 | 2.986 | |
| 2012 | 2.998 | |
| 2011 | 3.005 | |
| 2010 | 3.084 | |
| 2009 | 3.048 | |
| 2008 | 3.043 | |
| 2007 | 3.025 | |
| 2006 | 3.038 | |
| 2005 | 3.043 | |
| 2004 | 3.043 | |
| 2003 | 3.046 | |
| 2002 | 3.068 | |
| 2001 | 3.096 | |
| 2000 | 3.097 | |
| 1999 | 3.109 | |
| 1998 | 3.11 | |
| 1997 | 3.12 | |
| 1996 | 3.138 | |
| 1995 | 3.164 | |
| 1994 | 3.098 | |
| 1993 | 3.035 | |
| 1992 | 2.976 | |
| 1991 | 2.919 | |
| 1990 | 2.894 | |
| 1989 | 2.824 | |
| 1988 | 2.802 | |
| 1987 | 2.793 | |
| 1986 | 2.819 | |
| 1985 | 2.848 | |
| 1984 | 2.862 | |
| 1983 | 2.969 | |
| 1982 | 3.047 | |
| 1981 | 3.055 | |
| 1980 | 3.115 | |
| 1979 | 3.124 | |
| 1978 | 3.245 | |
| 1977 | 3.326 | |
| 1976 | 3.44 | |
| 1975 | 3.56 | |
| 1974 | 3.711 | |
| 1973 | 3.832 | |
| 1972 | 3.989 | |
| 1971 | 4.113 | |
| 1970 | 4.256 | |
| 1969 | 4.404 | |
| 1968 | 4.556 | |
| 1967 | 4.708 | |
| 1966 | 4.863 | |
| 1965 | 4.998 | |
| 1964 | 5.026 | |
| 1963 | 5.685 | |
| 1962 | 5.757 | |
| 1961 | 5.3 | |
| 1960 | 5.212 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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- Estonia
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- Finland
- France
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- Gambia
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- Guatemala
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- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
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- Palestine, State of
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