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Xiaogan, 
China
711,726 people lived in Xiaogan in 2025. It is the 755th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 126th largest in China.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Xiaogan 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 Xiaogan grew
For every 10 people in Xiaogan in 1975, there were 72.6 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 602,711 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 1985 and 1990.
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
Xiaogan through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Xiaogan in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
China · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Xiaogan 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, Xiaogan covered 73 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 15 km² of it. That is 21 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 5 by 5 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown to 5.6 times its size, and its people are 7.3 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
Of every 1,000 people in China in 2025, 1 lived in Xiaogan, which is 711,726 people.
How to read this: 1,000 squares, one for every 1,000th person in China; the coloured squares live in Xiaogan. The grey rest live in other cities, in towns or in the countryside.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 751 Jepara Indonesia714,514
- 752 Luena Angola714,289
- 753 Zaria Nigeria712,688
- 754 Bi'r Rubak Yemen712,438
- 755 Xiaogan711,726
- 756 Mirzapur India710,567
- 757 Panipat India710,363
- 758 Donetsk Ukraine705,832
- 759 Jiaozuo704,917
In China, 2025
- 739 Suqian725,070
- 744 Yingxia719,432
- 745 Gulin718,364
- 747 Linchuan718,050
- 755 Xiaogan711,726
- 759 Jiaozuo704,917
- 761 Yiyang703,724
- 762 Tai'an703,020
- 763 Qingyuan702,881
How to read this: names are in order of size, the leading number being each city's rank among all 12,138 in 2025; the bars share a scale within a list. A jump in the ranks means a city under 300,000 people, which is not given a page here.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Xiaogan are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 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 Xiaogan 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