Top 10 Chinese cities for population growth since 2010
2021-07-30
China's Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Chengdu remain the top three cities for population growth in the past decade, with population increases of 7.14 million, 5.98 million and 5.82 million respectively, according to the seventh population census.
Also worth mentioning is Southwest China's Chongqing, with a population increase of 3.2 million, was the only one of the four municipalities to rank in the top 10 cities for population growth from 2010 to 2020.
Provincial capitals, economic and industrial hubs, tend to attract more people, and this trend is expected to intensify in the future.
Let's take a look at the top 10 Chinese cities for population growth in the past decade.
No 10 Foshan
Population growth from 2010 to 2020: 2.3 million
2020 population: 9.5 million
A photo taken on April 1, 2021 shows a workshop of a microwave oven factory of Midea Group, a Chinese home appliance giant, in Foshan city, South China's Guangdong province. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 9 Wuhan
Population growth from 2010 to 2020: 2.54 million
2020 population: 12.33 million
A customer picks up her delivery from an autopilot robot in Wuhan, Hubei province. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]
No 8 Changsha
Population growth from 2010 to 2020: 3 million
2020 population: 10.05 million
An employee of Sany Group works on the production line of its plant in Changsha, Hunan province. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 7 Chongqing
Population growth from 2010 to 2020: 3.2 million
2020 population: 32.05 million
People get wedding photos taken by the Chongqing section of the Jialing River on March 11, 2019. [Photo by Liu Song/China Daily]
No 6 Hangzhou
Population growth from 2010 to 2020: 3.24 million
2020 population: 11.94 million
Tourists enjoy viewing cherry blossoms at West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on March 25, 2021. [Photo by Long Wei/for China Daily]
No 5 Zhengzhou
Population growth from 2010 to 2020: 3.97 million
2020 population: 12.6 million
Zhengdong New District in Zhengzhou, Henan province, with Millennium Royal Plaza in the center. [Photo/China Daily]
No 4 Xi'an
Population growth from 2010 to 2020: 4.49 million
2020 population: 12.95 million
A China-Europe freight train with 45 compartments of anti-epidemic supplies leaves the Xinzhu Railway Station in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, on Aug 12, 2020, to head for Italy's Milan. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 3 Chengdu
Population growth from 2010 to 2020: 5.82 million
2020 population: 20.94 million
Employees from China National Nuclear Corp's Southwestern Institute of Physics install experimental research equipment at a nuclear facility in Chengdu, Sichuan province on Sept 16, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 2 Guangzhou
Population growth from 2010 to 2020: 5.98 million
2020 population: 18.68 million
A resident registers before leaving a residential community in Liwan district of Guangzhou, Guangdong province on May 29, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
