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Tongxiang, 
China
465,450 people lived in Tongxiang in 2025. It is the 1194th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 225th largest in China.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Tongxiang governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Tongxiang grew
Where Tongxiang had 10 people in 1990, it had 71.5 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 556,871 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 1995 and 2000. The UN first counts it as a city in 1990, when it passed 50,000 people.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: one column every five years, 1975 to 2050; its height is the number of people. Hatched columns are the UN's projection. The thin strip beneath says how sure the UN is of each figure: the stronger the colour, the surer. A blank means the place was not on the UN's list of cities that year.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Tongxiang through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Tongxiang in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
China · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Tongxiang is the dot in colour with a ring around it. The grey dots are the other cities of China in 2025, 2,082 in all, led by Shanghai, each drawn with an area that matches its people. Countries next door are outlines only.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Tongxiang covered 85 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 24 km² of it. That is 52 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 7 by 7 metres. Since 1990, its built-up land has grown to 20.2 times its size, and its people are 7.1 times as many.
How to read this: the outer pale square stands for all the land the city covers, and the solid square inside it for the part with buildings, roads and the like on it. All three squares share a scale, so you can compare them by eye. A hatched one is a year the UN has projected.
Of every 100 people in China
Its share of China
Fewer than 1 in every 1,000 people in China lived in Tongxiang in 2025 — about 1 in 3,030.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 1190 Yangquan467,148
- 1191 Ryazan Russia466,086
- 1192 Ichalkaranji India465,814
- 1193 Jundiaí Brazil465,531
- 1194 Tongxiang465,450
- 1195 Balia India465,399
- 1196 Manado Indonesia464,793
- 1197 Shanwei464,738
- 1198 San Juan Argentina464,466
In China, 2025
- 1184 Lüliang469,647
- 1187 Changge468,159
- 1189 Beilun District467,912
- 1190 Yangquan467,148
- 1194 Tongxiang465,450
- 1197 Shanwei464,738
- 1199 Meizhou464,343
- 1200 Bijie463,837
- 1203 Yuhu462,605
How to read this: the number before each name is its place among all 12,138 cities in the world in 2025; bars are people, on one scale per list. Only cities that reach 300,000 people have a page here, so a gap in the numbers is a smaller city.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Tongxiang are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1990 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Tongxiang publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries