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Biggest Cities in China

How many of China's most populous urban agglomerations can you name?
Based on urban area population, not city proper
According to citypopulation.de, January 2023
Quiz by Quizmaster
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Last updated: March 4, 2023
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First submittedJuly 5, 2012
Times taken140,531
Average score55.0%
Rating4.57
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Population
City
67.8 m
Guangzhou / Shenzhen
40.0 m
Shanghai / Suzhou
20.9 m
Beijing
16.6 m
Chengdu
14.5 m
Xiamen
13.3 m
Hangzhou
12.3 m
Xi'an
Population
City
11.8 m
Wuhan
11.4 m
Tianjin
10.5 m
Changsha
10.5 m
Chongqing
9.45 m
Zhengzhou
9.05 m
Nanjing
8.55 m
Shenyang
Population
City
8.00 m
Shantou
7.50 m
Hefei
7.30 m
Hong Kong
7.25 m
Qingdao
7.10 m
Ningbo
6.35 m
Jinan
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101 Recent Comments
Spitzbergen
+3
Level 40
Jul 9, 2015
Tsingtao is called Qingdao now?

Never knew that.

Tramp
+9
Level 78
Aug 29, 2015
It happened the same time Peking/Nanking/Canton etc changed to Beijing/Nanjing/Guangzhou respectively, so it's been called Qingdao for a long time now.

The beer is still called Tsingtao though.

zakatan
+9
Level 65
Nov 27, 2019
Worry do not, the beer is still called Tsingtao
huaiwei
+11
Level 38
May 1, 2020
Its called Qingdao long before the Westerners struggled to pronounce it properly.
JonOfKent
+3
Level 58
May 30, 2020
I think westerners are still struggling! The idea of using "q" for that particular sound may make sense, but I'm afraid for newcomers it's more of an obstacle than a help to getting it right.
ppaaccoojrf
+2
Level 43
Nov 28, 2020
Probably not. Westerners have probably been struggling to pronounce it since long before pinyin existed.
Devvik2
+2
Level 74
May 1, 2016
I got 17!
Dhamo9585
+4
Level 68
Dec 7, 2016
Hong Kong isnt part of China technically
Findlay
+35
Level 81
Apr 30, 2018
Technically it is. It is a Special Administrative Area of the People's Republic of China.
explorer
+15
Level 49
Nov 30, 2019
Well then you can claim that Puerto Rico and Hawaii are not "technically" part of USA either.
Valenmiceli
+16
Level 64
Jul 16, 2020
RIP Hong Kong´s autonomy, July 2020
JerryTham
+2
Level 28
Oct 20, 2024
rip uk, Oct. 2024
sealsi6
+2
Level 58
Mar 9, 2017
got 9 first try
Sirlandlord
+9
Level 69
Apr 29, 2017
I got all 21. I must have spent too much time on this website cause most of them, I just know the name and nothing else about them.
ing
+4
Level 72
May 3, 2020
I know, me too. While I could name almost all of them (thanks to these quizzes), I could probably locate only 8 or 9 on a map without really searching.
AllenY
+3
Level 68
Aug 27, 2017
Ought to note whether it includes the RoC
benzeller
+22
Level 65
Nov 23, 2017
Usually on JetPunk, we consider Taiwan as a separate entity.
mrnafe
+2
Level 84
Dec 7, 2017
Being good at this quiz is a short cut to being good at many other quizzes on here. That said, I only got 11
rphxx
+2
Level 71
Feb 3, 2018
2:54 left
IceIceIceIceIce
+4
Level 48
May 22, 2018
I'm a Chinese-Australian and on my first try got all but Shantou. Nice but challenging quiz, and I will be the first to say I got this result because I'm partly Chinese!
Findlay
+3
Level 81
May 22, 2018
Only missed three, which I'd be reasonably happy with if one of the three weren't HK. Kinda an obvious one, especially considering I used to live there (although back then it wasn't part of China).
kenpo17
+2
Level 66
May 22, 2018
Only got 6. I'm terrible at cities quizzes though, so this actually more than I expected to get.
mynameisxyz
+3
Level 38
May 24, 2018
I knew all..but couldn't guess them all. I don't know how but i got Hefei.
1728
+9
Level 16
Jan 12, 2019
I've never seen anyone combining Guangzhou and Shenzhen, if u do so, Shanghai should also be combined with Suzhou, Beijing with Tianjin.

Also, Peking/Nanking should be allowed.

Myanmar
+1
Level 40
Jun 11, 2024
agreed
Yeeee123
+4
Level 40
Feb 6, 2019
I literally missed an obvious one : Hong Kong 😠😠😠😠
NHG
+3
Level 48
Jul 25, 2021
Yes, likewise. As a SAR, it's actually a separate entity by definition so doesn't come to mind when running through a mental list of Chinese cities.
blay
+4
Level 49
Mar 26, 2019
Combining Guangzhou with Shenzhen and Zhuhai areas is like combining san diego with Los Angeles or baltimore with DC. Nobody does that so you should probably get a better source.
Quizmaster
+14
Level ∞
Mar 27, 2019
The U.S. government combines DC and Baltimore at times:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore%E2%80%93Washington_metropolitan_area

NHG
+4
Level 48
Jul 25, 2021
It's a single urban agglomeration - you can drive all the way up from Shenzhen through Dongguan to Guangzhou without leaving a built-up area. The same way it's Tokyo-Yokohama, Leeds-Bradford etc. That's nothing like LA-San Diego.
Master27
+3
Level 89
Aug 8, 2019
I don't know when your link was updated, but the numbers are way off at this point (and the order) compared to this quiz
AGR1
+4
Level 56
Aug 14, 2019
Chongqing has over 30 million people, not 7. Also, I live in Xiamen and the metro population is 5 million (with only three million on the island), not 9.7 million.
Quizmaster
+8
Level ∞
Apr 29, 2020
Fascinating insights.
JonOfKent
+3
Level 58
May 30, 2020
I understand by one way of counting Chongqing has about 60 million people. I'm not sure exactly what way that is!
fbhou
+1
Level 61
Jan 21, 2024
Maybe they count the population of Xiamen and Zhangzhou (even Quanzhou) together -- just like what they did to Guangzhou and Shenzhen, Shanghai and Suzhou.

By the way, the urban area of Chongqing doesn't have that much population. 30 million is the stat of the whole directly governed city.

leannevz
+2
Level 55
Feb 23, 2020
My scores in these tests have rised significantly after having lived in Hong Kong for a while
sanantagony
+2
Level 55
Apr 2, 2020
You should accept Shantau for Shantou.
Regtheledge1000
+13
Level 28
May 1, 2020
If anyone doesn’t get wuhan...
Maldives
+17
Level 57
May 1, 2020
Wuhan was one of the not well-known chinese city, but now, everybody knows it!
biffaroo
+4
Level 61
May 4, 2020
I was thinking the same thing!
MD396
+1
Level 56
Apr 30, 2022
Ha...
Nestormakhno
+3
Level 74
May 1, 2020
Isn’t Hong Kong within the urban area of Guangzhou?
WillemLAif
+4
Level 76
May 3, 2020
It is, in the same way A.A. Milne is the favorite writer of the current chairman.
DonTheLamplighter
+11
Level 86
May 2, 2020
The first good thing to come from this whole coronavirus thing...I finally remembered Wuhan on a China quiz! Wu-hoo!

On a different not, surprised not to see Taipei on here... (ducks)

blixmiss
+4
Level 30
Dec 18, 2020
if 2020 learned the world one thing it's "Wuhan exist"
GeoPhilia
+2
Level 56
May 28, 2020
I definitely know more than 3, but all
1awesomeben
+14
Level 53
May 28, 2020
I think everyone is familiar with Wuhan now
clivey
+5
Level 69
May 28, 2020
My stats indicate this is the first time I've taken this quiz and guessed Wuhan. Yet now I got it so easily, I wonder....
cadeu
+3
Level 47
May 28, 2020
i got 9
Eigengrau
+5
Level 60
May 28, 2020
So hear me out. I got every single one of them on the first try, EXCEPT FOR HONG KONG WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
quizzicalguy
+6
Level 68
May 28, 2020
Your life is stuck in the 80's.
joanie97
+7
Level 71
May 28, 2020
Clearly you've already classified HK as separate from China in your mind - you're in an idealized political future!
BrandonL04
+3
Level 46
May 21, 2021
If you were like me, I assumed Hong Kong would be under Guangzhou since the population figure was over 40 million.
11level360
+3
Level 51
May 28, 2020
Why do so many people miss Guangzhou?
blixmiss
+4
Level 30
Dec 18, 2020
If you say "because spelling", Canton is accepted too.
Insaniot
+4
Level 62
May 28, 2020
“Most people only know 3”

Me, knowing I’ll only get 2: Is that a challenge?

LukasYu
+2
Level 22
May 28, 2020
As a Chinese, I even missed Hefei. Actually I have been living in Hefei for 2 months and I don't think Hefei is that populous
EJmagic
+14
Level 55
May 29, 2020
#FreeHongKong
aloepottt
+6
Level 49
Jun 1, 2021
#ChinaBelongsToMongolia
LuigiDood227
+12
Level 70
Nov 15, 2021
#KosovoIsMozambique
Swissnuetral
+3
Level 15
Nov 16, 2022
#Chinabelongstovietnam
charlie07
+10
Level 69
Mar 30, 2022
#ItsAllOhio
maple
+2
Level 52
Jun 1, 2020
Omg, I'm so lucky I got Wenzhou on the last second
TheCaptain
+7
Level 62
Jul 7, 2020
Worst country ever.
JackintheBox
+14
Level 80
Aug 18, 2020
Says Pablo Escobar, who's never even been there.
walmartdrivethru
+3
Level 24
Apr 3, 2021
+1
Baxtergrad
+8
Level 51
Dec 1, 2020
I would certainty rather live in China than Yemen, Somalia, Venezuela, North Korea and the like.
cledun2
+3
Level 92
Sep 14, 2021
I'd move to China before Yemen or Somalia
thebest21
+3
Level 66
Jul 9, 2020
Wow I got all 20 first try because I have been practicing my Chinese cities on other Jetpunk quizzes.
badjetpunk
+2
Level 29
Jul 23, 2020
Got all correct!!!
GrammarBeane1
+2
Level 83
Jul 23, 2020
I've taken this quiz so many times and still can't remember Zhengzhou and Hangzhou! Don't know what it is about those two but they aren't sinking into my brain
LugubriousLamprey
+6
Level 28
Sep 5, 2020
This is such a bad quiz lol doesn't match any other list of biggest Chinese cities but ok
Janbiya
+3
Level 61
Sep 12, 2020
Where the heck do these numbers come from? Xiamen is crazy high and Changsha is crazy low. Some cities are counted together as urban agglomerations, while others have been tabulated independently despite being physically conjoined. Crazy, crazy stuff in these numbers!

Looks like the stats on that German site were done by somebody who doesn't know China except through a computer screen.

kalbahamut
+7
Level 81
Sep 18, 2020
I don't think being there in person particularly helps when you are trying to count 46 million people.
fortoj
+2
Level 68
Nov 13, 2020
got 19 kept thinking it was Wuzhou instead of Wenzhou
ptilinopus
+2
Level 44
Nov 16, 2020
In general, the Chinese name has been the accepted spelling. But according to the 2020 edition of citypopulation.de, the Chinese spelling for Harbin is Hā'ĕrbīn (or from keyboard minus accents, Haerbin). The quiz does not accept Haerbin. Why not? All the other Chinese spellings are accepted.
blixmiss
+3
Level 30
Dec 18, 2020
English spelling is Harbin
Yeoryios
+2
Level 72
Dec 6, 2020
Why is Hong Kong not part of Guangzhou?
Maximirb13
+4
Level 77
Jan 28, 2021
It's spelled Dongguan with two g's.
or14n
+4
Level 39
Mar 12, 2021
This is my last quiz for the china badge and i finally got it done.
Afghabwe
+1
Level 39
Jun 7, 2021
I am sad for Zhou... (Hangzhou)
g123
+1
Level 40
Jun 9, 2021
i thought hangzhou is a mispelled guangzhou. missed that along with chengdu and zhengzhou
tazaja
+4
Level 58
Jul 10, 2021
hong kong is not part of china. was this quiz created by the CCP?
LuigiDood227
+4
Level 70
Nov 15, 2021
UK handed Hong Kong over to China in 1997, since then there have been protests but no (at least successful) declarations of independence by Hong Kong.
QuizApe
+1
Level 69
Jul 24, 2021
I expected 100% of users to get Wuhan
Jetpunkmaster000
+1
Level 46
Aug 8, 2021
16 of 20. Missed hangzhou,Hefei,Qingdao and Changsha.
Countrymaster2
+1
Level 36
Feb 7, 2022
Macau and Hong kong is part of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau greater bay area
GeoGeniusThe1
+1
Level 41
Apr 24, 2022
15 !
VaultAgentMoez
+1
Level 64
Jun 24, 2022
Where is Dalian??! Or Fushan ??!
Mari0oo
+1
Level 46
Jul 1, 2022
20/20
Swissnuetral
+1
Level 15
Nov 15, 2022
8/20 I missed Harbin!!!!
Dimby
+2
Level 80
Apr 29, 2023
My knowledge of Chinese cities drops precipitously once we pass the cities on the mega cities quiz!
rhinobaby
+3
Level 71
Apr 29, 2023
At this point, I'm expecting jetpunk to consider the entire population of China as one 'megacity' and that some pedantic users will try to defend it😂😂😂
Horaldgeo
+1
Level 51
Jun 26, 2023
I got 13 before practicing, i think thats decent
PetJunk001
+4
Level 59
Sep 4, 2023
This is inaccurate because you can't mix two cities into one. Guangzhou and Shenzhen are separate cities, and so are Suzhou and Shanghai. Plus, Guangzhou and Shenzhen combined together is only a bit less than 30 million in population. Chongqing has 30 million, not 10 million. The other ones looks fine though.
PetJunk001
+2
Level 59
Sep 4, 2023
You also missed Dongguan, Guangdong.
Tadeu
+1
Level 61
Sep 24, 2024
I believe that due to the conurbation process, the cities Guangdong and Dongguan were accounted for within Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The website considers the metropolitan region instead of the municipality itself
PetJunk001
+2
Level 59
Sep 7, 2023
well in that case that are so many other cities in china with over 10 million population. something about the website youre using to get these numbers seems off. no offense.
Bhanav
+3
Level 58
Sep 21, 2024
No Taipei?

-1000 social credits!

TheSovietOnion
+1
Level 48
Nov 15, 2024
No Harbin? It has 10.1 Million Population
octopus72
+1
Level 69
Feb 14, 2025
5.45 m from citypopulation.de as of 01.01.2024
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