Total population of Kunming 2023

The total population of Kunming in 2023 is 8.502 million.

Kunming City, also known as Spring City, is a prefecture-level city, provincial capital, megacity, and central city of the central Yunnan urban agglomeration under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Province. It is one of the important central cities in western China determined by approval and an important tourism and tourism destination in China. Trade city. As of 2021, the city has jurisdiction over 7 districts and 3 counties, and manages 1 county-level city and 3 autonomous counties, with a total area of ??21,012.54 square kilometers. The permanent population is 8.502 million, the urban population is 6.844 million, and the urbanization rate is 80.5%.

Kunming is a national historical and cultural city. As early as 30,000 years ago, humans lived and multiplied around Dianchi Lake. In the 19th year of King Qingxiang of Chu (278 BC), the Dian Kingdom was established and its capital was established here. In the first year of Yongtai of the Tang Dynasty (765), Nanzhao State built the East City, which was the beginning of Kunming's city construction. Kunming has a northern subtropical low-latitude plateau mountain monsoon climate. It has a mountainous landform and enjoys the reputation of "Spring City".

Climate Characteristics

Kunming has a subtropical-plateau mountain monsoon climate at low latitudes in the northern latitudes. Due to the influence of the warm and humid airflow from the southwest of the Indian Ocean, the sunshine is long, the frost period is short, and the annual average temperature is 15°C. The average sunshine is about 2200 hours, and the frost-free period is more than 240 days. The climate is mild, with no severe heat in summer and no severe cold in winter. It is like spring all year round. The climate is pleasant and the annual precipitation is 1035mm. It has typical temperate climate characteristics.

The temperature in the urban area is between 0-29℃, and the annual temperature difference is the smallest in the country. Such climate characteristics are rare in the world. Flowers bloom all year round and the vegetation is evergreen all year round. It is a famous "Spring City" and "Flower City" ". Kunming has a small temperature difference throughout the year. The annual average temperature in the urban area is about 15℃, the average monthly temperature in the hottest period is about 19℃, and the average monthly temperature in the coldest period is about 8℃.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Kunming City