List of cities in Greater China
Cities in Greater China cover the cities under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China (Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau) and the cities under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The top twenty populous cities under the jurisdiction of both governments are listed; see each main list for detail.
People's Republic of China
Rank | Name | Chinese | Type | Population |
Mainland China |
1 | Chongqing | 重庆 | 重慶 |
Municipality | 28,846,170[1] |
2 | Shanghai | 上海 |
Municipality | 23,019,148[1] |
3 | Beijing | 北京 |
Municipality | 19,612,368[1] |
4 | Chengdu | 成都 |
Sub-provincial-level city | 14,047,625[2] |
5 | Tianjin | 天津 |
Municipality | 12,937,954[1] |
6 | Guangzhou | 广州 | 廣州 |
Sub-provincial-level city | 12,700,800[2] |
7 | Baoding | 保定 |
Prefectural-level city | 11,194,379[2] |
8 | Harbin | 哈尔滨 | 哈爾濱 |
Sub-provincial-level city | 10,635,971[2] |
9 | Suzhou | 苏州 | 蘇州 |
Prefectural-level city | 10,465,994[2] |
10 | Shenzhen | 深圳 |
Sub-provincial-level city | 10,357,938[2] |
11 | Nanyang | 南阳 | 南陽 |
Prefecture-level city | 10,263,006[2] |
12 | Shijiazhuang | 石家庄 | 石家莊 |
Prefecture-level city | 10,163,788[2] |
13 | Linyi | 临沂 | 臨沂 |
Prefectural-level city | 10,039,400[2] |
14 | Wuhan | 武汉 | 武漢 |
Sub-provincial-level city | 9,785,392[2] |
15 | Handan | 邯郸 | 邯鄲 |
Prefectural-level city | 9,174,679[2] |
16 | Wenzhou | 温州 | 溫州 |
Prefectural-level city | 9,122,100[2] |
17 | Weifang | 潍坊 | 濰坊 |
Prefectural-level city | 9,086,200[2] |
18 | Zhoukou | 周口 |
Prefectural-level city | 8,953,172[2] |
19 | Qingdao | 青岛 | 青島 |
Sub-provincial-level city | 8,715,100[2] |
20 | Hangzhou | 杭州 |
Sub-provincial-level city | 8,700,400[2] |
Special administrative regions |
Hong Kong | 香港 |
Special administrative region | 7,061,200 |
Macau | 澳門 | 澳门 |
Special administrative region | 568,700 |
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Republic of China (Taiwan)
Rank | Name | Chinese | Type | Population |
1 | New Taipei | 新北 |
Special municipality | 3,941,239[3] |
2 | Kaohsiung | 高雄 |
Special municipality | 2,778,798[3] |
3 | Taichung | 臺中 | 台中 |
Special municipality | 2,687,052[3] |
4 | Taipei | 臺北 | 台北 |
Special municipality | 2,675,033[3] |
5 | Taoyuan | 桃園 | 桃园 |
Special municipality | 2,056,273 |
6 | Tainan | 臺南 | 台南 |
Special municipality | 1,881,905[3] |
7 | Hsinchu | 新竹 |
Provincial city | 425,450[3] |
8 | Keelung | 基隆 |
Provincial city | 377,021[3] |
9 | Chiayi | 嘉義 | 嘉义 |
Provincial city | 271,256[3] |
10 | Changhua | 彰化 | County-controlled city | 236,633[3] |
11 | Pingtung | 屏東 | 屏东 | County-controlled city | 208,361[3] |
12 | Zhubei | 竹北 | County-controlled city | 153,069[3] |
13 | Yuanlin | 員林 | County-controlled city | 125,041[3] |
14 | Hualien | 花蓮 | 花莲 | County-controlled city | 108,031[3] |
15 | Douliu | 斗六 | County-controlled city | 107,781[3] |
16 | Taitung | 臺東 | 台东 | County-controlled city | 107,698[3] |
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*Notes:
- 1. Population data are the populations under the respective administrative divisions.
- 2. If the Simplified and Traditional Chinese characters are different, the first one is the officially used name.
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