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Population density in Beijing

1999 – 2024 · 26 data points 2 of 31 · Regions of China Updated Oct 21, 2026
People · Beijing China

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1999 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 1,330per km² −0.1% since 2023
Regions of China · 2024 2 of 31 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +0.6% +2.3% a year on average
vs China +803% China: 147 · 2024
Population density, 1999 – 2024 per km² · Beijing · China · World
+0.6% since 2014
Beijing China World

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1999 – 2024

Compared with Population density · per km²
Beijing
1,330
China
147
World
62.1 · 2023

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Beijing · 1999 – 2024
Latest value 1,330 · 2024
First value 759 · 1999
Highest 1,338 · 2016
Lowest 759 · 1999
Average change +2.3% a year on average
Data points 26

By year

All years · 1999 – 2024

YearBeijingChange ChinaWorld
2024 1,330 −0.1% 147 —
2023 1,332 +0.1% 147 62.1
2022 1,331 −0.2% 148 61.6
2021 1,334 ±0.0% 148 61.0
2020 1,334 −0.0% 148 60.4
2019 1,334 −0.1% 148 59.8
2018 1,336 −0.1% 147 59.2
2017 1,337 −0.0% 146 58.6
2016 1,338 +0.3% 146 57.9
2015 1,333 +0.8% 145 57.3
2014 1,323 +2.2% 144 56.6
2013 1,295 +2.3% 143 55.9
2012 1,266 +2.7% 142 55.2
2011 1,233 +3.2% 141 55.6
2010 1,196 +5.5% 140 54.9
2009 1,133 +5.0% 140 54.3
2008 1,079 +5.7% 139 53.6
2007 1,021 +4.7% 138 52.9
2006 976 +4.1% 138 52.3
2005 937 +3.0% 137 51.6
2004 910 +2.5% 135 51.0
2003 887 +2.3% 134 50.4
2002 867 +4.3% 133 49.7
2001 831 +8.5% 132 49.1
2000 766 +0.9% 132 48.4
1999 759 130 47.8

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1999 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of China

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryPopulation density
9 Anhui 436
2 Beijing 1,334
11 Chongqing 390
12 Fujian 338
27 Gansu 61.6
5 Guangdong 705
20 Guangxi 212
19 Guizhou 219
15 Hainan 289
10 Hebei 395
26 Heilongjiang 69.0
8 Henan 597
13 Hubei 314
14 Hunan 313
28 Inner Mongolia 21.0
4 Jiangsu 797
17 Jiangxi 271
24 Jilin 124
16 Liaoning 286
23 Ningxia 140
30 Qinghai 8.3
21 Shaanxi 192
6 Shandong 647
1 Shanghai 3,021
18 Shanxi 222
22 Sichuan 173
3 Tianjin 1,152
31 Tibet 3.0
29 Xinjiang 15.6
25 Yunnan 122
7 Zhejiang 621

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2021

What it means

How crowded a place is: residents per square kilometre.

How it is calculated

Residents divided by land area in square kilometres.