ATLAS · MEGA-CITIES · CHINA
Mega-Cities of China
China has 7 urban areas of five million people or more — Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Tianjin and Chongqing. The largest, Shanghai, holds an estimated 14,987,000people across its urban agglomeration — a giant of over ten million. From Natural Earth, snapshot 2026-06-24.
MEGA-CITIESShanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Tianjin and Chongqing
LARGEST (POPULATION)~14,987,000
NUMBER OF MEGA-CITIES7
The 7 mega-cities
Each urban area, with its estimated agglomeration population, largest first.
Shanghai~14,987,000 people
Beijing~11,106,000 people
Guangzhou~8,829,000 people
Shenzhen~7,581,000 people
Wuhan~7,243,000 people
Tianjin~7,180,000 people
Chongqing~6,461,000 people
In context
Where China's largest mega-citysits on the world’s scale of mega-cities — from the cities just over five million to the singular supergiant above twenty.
20M+
15–20M
10–15MShanghai is here
7–10M
5–7M
Mega-cities of other countries
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