ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · CHINA
Capital of China
The capital of China is Beijing. The largest, Beijing, has around 21,893,095 residents in the city proper — a mega-capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALBeijing
POPULATION21,893,095
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Beijing21,893,095 people
In context
Where Beijingsits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+Beijing is here
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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