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Yibin, 
China
273,660 people lived in Yibin in 2025. It is the 2123rd largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 389th largest in China.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Yibin 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 Yibin grew
Where Yibin had 10 people in 1975, it had 47.5 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 237,939 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 1990 and 1995.
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
Yibin through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Yibin in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
China · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: every dot is one of the 2,082 cities in China in 2025, and a dot's area is how many people live there, the biggest being Shanghai. The ringed dot in colour is Yibin; the grey dots are the rest. The outlines around them are neighbouring countries.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Yibin covered 39 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 6.1 km² of it. That is 22 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 5 by 5 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown to 4.1 times its size, and its people are 4.8 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 Yibin in 2025 — about 1 in 5,263.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 2118 Abu Kabir Egypt274,073
- 2120 Vehari Pakistan273,823
- 2121 Magboro Nigeria273,818
- 2122 Nacala Mozambique273,732
- 2123 Yibin273,660
- 2124 Asaka Uzbekistan273,582
- 2128 Saskatoon Canada273,454
- 2130 Sanmenxia272,970
- 2132 Cabanatuan Philippines272,890
In China, 2025
- 2055 Sanhe282,844
- 2062 Suizhou282,058
- 2108 Pinggu274,753
- 2117 Xianning274,146
- 2123 Yibin273,660
- 2130 Sanmenxia272,970
- 2162 Wuqing269,223
- 2187 Yaguang266,899
- 2200 Jining265,293
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 Yibin 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 Yibin 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