The statistic shows the population of Xi'an in China from 1980 to 2010, with forecasts up until 2035. In 2010, the population of Xi'an had amounted to about 5.53 million inhabitants and was forecasted to reach around eight million by 2020.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Xian, Shaanxi, China metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.

Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Changan data was reported at 1,367.726 Person th in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,347.796 Person th for 2022. Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Changan data is updated yearly, averaging 1,049.490 Person th from Dec 2004 (Median) to 2023, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,367.726 Person th in 2023 and a record low of 926.000 Person th in 2004. Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Changan data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GJ: Population: County Level Region.

In 2021, around 27.8 million people were estimated to be living in the urban area of Shanghai. Shanghai was the largest city in China in 2021, followed by Beijing, with around 20.9 million inhabitants.

The rise of the new first-tier cities

The past decades have seen widespread and rapid urbanization and demographic transition in China. While the four first-tier megacities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, are still highly attractive to people and companies due to their strong ability to synergize the competitive economic and social resources, some lower-tier cities are already facing declining populations, especially those in the northeastern region. Below the original four first-tier cities, 15 quickly developing cities are sharing the cake of the moving population with improving business vitality and GDP growth potential. These new first-tier cities are either municipalities directly under the central government, such as Chongqing and Tianjin, or regional central cities and provincial capitals, like Chengdu and Wuhan, or open coastal cities in the economically developed eastern regions.

From urbanization to metropolitanization

As more and more Chinese people migrate to large cities for better opportunities and quality of life, the ongoing urbanization has further evolved into metropolitanization. Among those metropolitans, Shenzhen's population exceeded 17.6 million in 2020, a nearly 70 percent increase from a decade ago, compared to eight percent in the already densely populated Shanghai. However, with people rushing into the big-four cities, the cost of housing, and other living standards, are soaring. As of 2020, the average sales price for residential real estate in Shenzhen exceeded 56,800 yuan per square meter. As a result, the fast-growing and more cost-effective new first-tier cities would be more appealing in the coming years. Furthermore, Shanghai and Beijing have set plans to control the size of their population to 25 and 23 million, respectively, before 2035.

Population: Usual Residence: Urbanization Rate: Shaanxi: Xian data was reported at 79.880 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 79.590 % for 2022. Population: Usual Residence: Urbanization Rate: Shaanxi: Xian data is updated yearly, averaging 74.470 % from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2023, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 79.880 % in 2023 and a record low of 63.280 % in 2005. Population: Usual Residence: Urbanization Rate: Shaanxi: Xian data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Xian Municipal Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GE: Population: Prefecture Level City: Urbanization Rate.

Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Gaoling data was reported at 388.430 Person th in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 382.741 Person th for 2022. Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Gaoling data is updated yearly, averaging 326.175 Person th from Dec 2004 (Median) to 2023, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 388.430 Person th in 2023 and a record low of 234.000 Person th in 2004. Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Gaoling data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GJ: Population: County Level Region.

In 2023, the gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices of the city of Xi'an in China reached around 1.2 trillion yuan. Xi'an is the provinical capital of Shaanxi province in Central China.

Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Household Registration data was reported at 10,145.921 Person th in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 9,994.529 Person th for 2021. Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Household Registration data is updated yearly, averaging 7,816.700 Person th from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2022, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10,145.921 Person th in 2022 and a record low of 6,548.700 Person th in 1996. Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Household Registration data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Xian Municipal Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GE: Population: Prefecture Level City.

According to latest figures, the Chinese population decreased by 1.39 million to around 1.408 billion people in 2024. After decades of rapid growth, China arrived at the turning point of its demographic development in 2022, which was earlier than expected. The annual population decrease is estimated to remain at moderate levels until around 2030 but to accelerate thereafter. Population development in China China had for a long time been the country with the largest population worldwide, but according to UN estimates, it has been overtaken by India in 2023. As the population in India is still growing, the country is very likely to remain being home of the largest population on earth in the near future. Due to several mechanisms put into place by the Chinese government as well as changing circumstances in the working and social environment of the Chinese people, population growth has subsided over the past decades, displaying an annual population growth rate of -0.1 percent in 2024. Nevertheless, compared to the world population in total, China held a share of about 18 percent of the overall global population in 2022. China's aging population In terms of demographic developments, the birth control efforts of the Chinese government had considerable effects on the demographic pyramid in China. Upon closer examination of the age distribution, a clear trend of an aging population becomes visible. In order to curb the negative effects of an aging population, the Chinese government abolished the one-child policy in 2015, which had been in effect since 1979, and introduced a three-child policy in May 2021. However, many Chinese parents nowadays are reluctant to have a second or third child, as is the case in most of the developed countries in the world. The number of births in China varied in the years following the abolishment of the one-child policy, but did not increase considerably. Among the reasons most prominent for parents not having more children are the rising living costs and costs for child care, growing work pressure, a growing trend towards self-realization and individualism, and changing social behaviors.

As of 2023, the bulk of the Chinese population was aged between 25 and 59 years, amounting to around half of the population. A breakdown of the population by broad age groups reveals that around 61.3 percent of the total population was in working age between 16 and 59 years in 2023. Age cohorts below 25 years were considerably smaller, although there was a slight growth trend in recent years. Population development in China Population development in China over the past decades has been strongly influenced by political and economic factors. After a time of high fertility rates during the Maoist regime, China introduced birth-control measures in the 1970s, including the so-called one-child policy. The fertility rate dropped accordingly from around six children per woman in the 1960s to below two at the end of the 20th century. At the same time, life expectancy increased consistently. In the face of a rapidly aging society, the government gradually lifted the one-child policy after 2012, finally arriving at a three-child policy in 2021. However, like in most other developed countries nowadays, people in China are reluctant to have more than one or two children due to high costs of living and education, as well as changed social norms and private values. China’s top-heavy age pyramid The above-mentioned developments are clearly reflected in the Chinese age pyramid. The age cohorts between 30 and 39 years are the last two larger age cohorts. The cohorts between 15 and 24, which now enter childbearing age, are decisively smaller, which will have a negative effect on the number of births in the coming decade. When looking at a gender distribution of the population pyramid, a considerable gender gap among the younger age cohorts becomes visible, leaving even less room for growth in birth figures.

Population: Household Registration: Male: Shaanxi: Xian data was reported at 5,030.056 Person th in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 4,962.121 Person th for 2021. Population: Household Registration: Male: Shaanxi: Xian data is updated yearly, averaging 4,025.200 Person th from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5,030.056 Person th in 2022 and a record low of 3,551.800 Person th in 2000. Population: Household Registration: Male: Shaanxi: Xian data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Xian Municipal Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GE: Population: Prefecture Level City: Household Registration: By Sex.

Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Zhouzhi data was reported at 694.992 Person th in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 698.388 Person th for 2022. Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Zhouzhi data is updated yearly, averaging 682.385 Person th from Dec 2004 (Median) to 2023, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 699.374 Person th in 2020 and a record low of 630.000 Person th in 2005. Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Zhouzhi data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GJ: Population: County Level Region.

In 2024, approximately 965.65 million people in China were of working age between 15 and 64 years. This was equal to a 68.3 percent share of the total population. Age groups between 30 and 59 years represented the largest age cohorts in the Chinese population pyramid. Age demographics in China The change in China’s age distribution over time displayed in the given statistic illustrates the unfolding of an aging population. As the fertility rate in China declined and life expectancy increased, the only age groups that have been growing over the last three decades were those of old people. In contrast, the number of children decreased gradually between 1995 and 2010 and remained comparatively low thereafter. According to the data provided by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, which has not been revised for years before the 2020 census, the size of the working age population declined in 2014 for the first time and entered a downward trajectory thereafter. This development has extended itself into the total population, which has shrunk in 2022 for the first time in decades. Future age development As the fertility rate in China is expected to remain below the reproductive level, the Chinese society will very likely age rapidly. According to UN data, which is based on figures slightly different from the Chinese official numbers, the share of the population above 60 years of age is projected to reach nearly 40 percent in 2050, while the share of children is expected to remain stable. This will lead to an increased burden of the old-age population on the social security system, illustrated by an old-age dependency ratio peaking at nearly 106 percent in 2090. This means that by then, ten working-age adults would have to support nine elderly people.

Population: Non Agricultural: Shaanxi: Xian data was reported at 4,181.557 Person th in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 4,098.229 Person th for 2013. Population: Non Agricultural: Shaanxi: Xian data is updated yearly, averaging 3,331.400 Person th from Dec 1996 (Median) to 2014, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,181.557 Person th in 2014 and a record low of 2,612.800 Person th in 1996. Population: Non Agricultural: Shaanxi: Xian data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Xian Municipal Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GE: Population: Prefecture Level City: Non Agricultural.

This point shapefile represents the locations of townships with 2000 Population Census Data, 9.95% Long Form data, table L1-L6) for the Qinghai Sheng province of China for 2000. These data are represented at 1:1,000,000 scale. This layer is part of the China 2000 township population census dataset.The 2000 China township maps are developed for matching 2000 China population Census data, which should only be used as references for research or education instead of used as official maps.

This point shapefile represents the prefecture city locations, with 2000 population census data, for the Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu province of China for 2000. These data are represented at 1:1,000,000 scale. This layer is part of the China 2000 township population census dataset.The 2000 China township maps are developed for matching 2000 China population Census data, which should only be used as references for research or education instead of used as official maps.

Population: Rural: Shaanxi: Xian: Lantian data was reported at 580.000 Person th in 2012. This stayed constant from the previous number of 580.000 Person th for 2011. Population: Rural: Shaanxi: Xian: Lantian data is updated yearly, averaging 566.000 Person th from Dec 2004 (Median) to 2012, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 580.000 Person th in 2012 and a record low of 558.000 Person th in 2010. Population: Rural: Shaanxi: Xian: Lantian data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GJ: Population: Rural: County Level Region.

Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Lantian data was reported at 654.342 Person th in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 656.918 Person th for 2022. Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Lantian data is updated yearly, averaging 651.970 Person th from Dec 2004 (Median) to 2023, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 657.632 Person th in 2021 and a record low of 630.000 Person th in 2005. Population: Shaanxi: Xian: Lantian data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GJ: Population: County Level Region.

Population: Inflow: Shaanxi: Xian data was reported at 152.575 Person th in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 226.507 Person th for 2021. Population: Inflow: Shaanxi: Xian data is updated yearly, averaging 168.400 Person th from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 765.300 Person th in 2018 and a record low of 62.100 Person th in 2016. Population: Inflow: Shaanxi: Xian data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Xian Municipal Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GE: Population: Prefecture Level City: Non-natural Change.

Population: Rural: Shaanxi: Xian: Zhouzhi data was reported at 600.000 Person th in 2012. This stayed constant from the previous number of 600.000 Person th for 2011. Population: Rural: Shaanxi: Xian: Zhouzhi data is updated yearly, averaging 594.000 Person th from Dec 2004 (Median) to 2012, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 600.000 Person th in 2012 and a record low of 585.000 Person th in 2004. Population: Rural: Shaanxi: Xian: Zhouzhi data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Socio-Demographic – Table CN.GJ: Population: Rural: County Level Region.