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Population in Beijing
1999 – 2024 · 26 data points
26 of 31 · Regions of China
Updated Oct 21, 2026
Source: OECD Regional Database, 1999 – 2024
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Latest value · 2024
21,830,000
−0.1%
since 2023
Regions of China · 2024
26 of 31
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014
+0.6%
+2.3% a year on average
share of China
1.55%
China: 1,406,280,000 · 2024
Population, 1999 – 2024 people
+0.6% since 2014
0
10M
20M
30M
1999
2010
2015
2024
Source: OECD Regional Database, 1999 – 2024
Compared with Population · people
Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance Beijing · 1999 – 2024
Latest value
21,830,000 · 2024
First value
12,460,000 · 1999
Highest
21,950,000 · 2016
Lowest
12,460,000 · 1999
Average change
+2.3% a year on average
Data points
26
By year
All years · 1999 – 2024
| Year | Beijing | Change | China | World |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21,830,000 | −0.1% | 1.4B | 8.1B |
| 2023 | 21,860,000 | +0.1% | 1.4B | 8.1B |
| 2022 | 21,840,000 | −0.2% | 1.4B | 8B |
| 2021 | 21,890,000 | ±0.0% | 1.4B | 7.9B |
| 2020 | 21,890,000 | −0.0% | 1.4B | 7.9B |
| 2019 | 21,900,000 | −0.1% | 1.4B | 7.8B |
| 2018 | 21,920,000 | −0.1% | 1.4B | 7.7B |
| 2017 | 21,940,000 | −0.0% | 1.4B | 7.6B |
| 2016 | 21,950,000 | +0.3% | 1.4B | 7.5B |
| 2015 | 21,880,000 | +0.8% | 1.4B | 7.4B |
| 2014 | 21,710,000 | +2.2% | 1.4B | 7.4B |
| 2013 | 21,250,000 | +2.3% | 1.4B | 7.3B |
| 2012 | 20,780,000 | +2.7% | 1.4B | 7.2B |
| 2011 | 20,240,000 | +3.2% | 1.3B | 7.1B |
| 2010 | 19,620,000 | +5.5% | 1.3B | 7B |
| 2009 | 18,600,000 | +5.0% | 1.3B | 6.9B |
| 2008 | 17,710,000 | +5.7% | 1.3B | 6.8B |
| 2007 | 16,760,000 | +4.7% | 1.3B | 6.7B |
| 2006 | 16,010,000 | +4.1% | 1.3B | 6.7B |
| 2005 | 15,380,000 | +3.0% | 1.3B | 6.6B |
| 2004 | 14,930,000 | +2.5% | 1.3B | 6.5B |
| 2003 | 14,560,000 | +2.3% | 1.3B | 6.4B |
| 2002 | 14,230,000 | +4.3% | 1.3B | 6.3B |
| 2001 | 13,640,000 | +8.5% | 1.3B | 6.2B |
| 2000 | 12,570,000 | +0.9% | 1.3B | 6.2B |
| 1999 | 12,460,000 | 1.2B | 6.1B |
Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1999 – 2024
Ranking · Regions of China
2013 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Tibet | 3.2M | |
| 30 | Qinghai | 5.7M | |
| 29 | Ningxia | 6.7M | |
| 28 | Hainan | 9.2M | |
| 27 | Tianjin | 14M | |
| 26 | Beijing | 21M | |
| 25 | Xinjiang | 23M | |
| 24 | Shanghai | 24M | |
| 23 | Inner Mongolia | 25M | |
| 22 | Gansu | 25M | |
| 21 | Jilin | 27M | |
| 20 | Chongqing | 30M | |
| 19 | Shanxi | 35M | |
| 18 | Guizhou | 36M | |
| 17 | Heilongjiang | 37M | |
| 16 | Shaanxi | 38M | |
| 15 | Fujian | 39M | |
| 14 | Liaoning | 44M | |
| 13 | Jiangxi | 45M | |
| 12 | Yunnan | 46M | |
| 11 | Guangxi | 47M | |
| 10 | Zhejiang | 58M | |
| 9 | Hubei | 58M | |
| 8 | Anhui | 60M | |
| 7 | Hunan | 66M | |
| 6 | Hebei | 73M | |
| 5 | Sichuan | 81M | |
| 4 | Jiangsu | 82M | |
| 3 | Henan | 96M | |
| 2 | Shandong | 97M | |
| 1 | Guangdong | 113M |
Source: OECD Regional Database, 2013
What it means
How many people live here — residents, not visitors.
How it is calculated
Official count or estimate of residents for each year: a census plus births, deaths and moves since then. Estimates are revised when a new census comes out.
People
Beijing in numbers
Population growth
-0.17%
2025 · China
Population density
1,330
2024
Median age
39.1
2023 · China
Children under 15
9.7%
2014
Residents 65 and over
8.4%
2014
Life expectancy
82.5
2020
Births per woman
1.01
2024 · China
Birth rate
6.8
2024 · China
Infant mortality
4.1
2024 · China
Net migration
-0.4
2023 · China
Born abroad
0.1%
2024 · China
Urban population
66.3%
2025 · China