What is the population of Chengdu?

As of the end of 2022, Chengdu’s permanent population will be 21.268 million.

Chengdu is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Sichuan Province, the provincial capital, and a sub-provincial city. Data released by the Chengdu Bureau of Statistics on March 27, 2023 shows that at the end of 2022, Chengdu's permanent population will be 21.268 million, an increase of 76,000 people from 2021, an increase of 0.4.

Among the permanent population in Chengdu, the urban permanent population is 16.991 million, the rural permanent population is 4.277 million, and the urbanization rate of the permanent population is 79.89, an increase of 0.41 percentage points from 2021. The data also shows that in 2022, Chengdu's registered population will be 15.716 million, and the urbanization rate of the registered population will be 68.8.

Chengdu is a multi-ethnic city. In addition to the Han people, there are 55 ethnic minority groups within the territory, with a permanent ethnic minority population of 129,300. Among the ethnic minorities, the top ten in terms of population are Tibetan, Hui, Yi, Qiang, Tujia, Manchu, Miao, Mongolian, Zhuang, and Bai.

Geographical environment of Chengdu

Chengdu is located in the central part of Sichuan Province, in the west of the Sichuan Basin, on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, adjacent to Deyang City in the northeast, Ziyang City in the southeast, and to the south It is connected to Meishan City, Ya'an City to the southwest, and Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture to the northwest; its geographical location is between 102°54′~104°53′ east longitude and 30°05′~31°26′ north latitude. The city's land area is 14,335 square kilometers, and the urban area is 4,241.81 square kilometers, of which the built-up area is 931.58 square kilometers.

Due to the huge vertical height difference, Chengdu has formed a unique landform type of one-third plains, one-third hills, and one-third mountains within the city area; due to the significant differences in climate, Vertical climate zones with obvious thermal differences are formed, so there are many types of biological resources in the region, complete categories, and relatively concentrated distribution.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chengdu