China’s urban population data: 91 cities over 5 million people have the fastest population increase in the past 10 years, such as Xi’an and Zhengzhou-Top 10

There are 15 cities with population growth exceeding 2 million in the past 10 years, all of which are Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities, including 9 provincial capital cities, 2 municipalities directly under the Central Government, 1 city under separate state planning, and 3 cities with developed manufacturing industries. With the improvement of the comprehensive transportation system and the gradual advancement of industrial upgrading and transformation, the population size of central cities and large cities has also changed.

Compared with 2010, 8 of these cities are new members of cities with a population of 10 million, namely Wuhan, Shijiazhuang, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Xi’an, Dongguan and Changsha. Of these 8 cities, 6 are provincial capitals.

In the past ten years, driven by the strategy of strengthening the provincial capital, the population of many provincial capital cities has gathered rapidly.In terms of ten-year increments, Xi’an, Zhengzhou, Hangzhou, and Changsha all exceeded 3 million increments, and the ten-year increments are also among the best.

Judging from the data on population changes in 91 cities over the past ten years, 70 cities have experienced population growth over the past ten years, with an increase of 77%. In terms of increase, 15 cities have increased their population by more than 2 million in the past 10 years, all of which are Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities, including 9 provincial capitals, 2 municipalities directly under the Central Government, 1 city under separate state planning, and 3 developed manufacturing industries. city ​​of.

In contrast, 10 of the 91 cities have a population reduction of more than 400,000 people, namely Nanchong, Harbin, Yancheng, Nanyang, Shaoyang, Hengyang, Jingzhou, Changde, Yueyang and Yichun. From the perspective of regional distribution, the central region is very dense, occupying as many as seven.

In addition to the Huanghuaihai Plain, the population density of the Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong, and the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River is also relatively high, and there are more populous cities. Guangdong has a total of 9 cities with a permanent population of more than 5 million, second only to Shandong and tied for second place with Henan. Among the nine populous cities in Guangdong, five are located in the developed areas of the Pearl River Delta, namely Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan and Huizhou.

The economically developed Pearl River Delta has not only attracted a large influx of people from outside the province, but also in the province’s north, east, west and east of Guangdong. Outside the Pearl River Delta, there are Shantou and Jieyang in eastern Guangdong, and Zhanjiang and Maoming in western Guangdong. In general, there are more arable land in the coastal areas of eastern and western Guangdong, which can accommodate a larger population.

Generally speaking, the plains will gather more people, and there will be more populous cities. And some places with few plains, due to their relatively developed economy, will also attract a large influx of people. For example, the landform of Zhejiang is “seven mountains, two rivers and one field”, with many mountains and hills and few flat areas. However, seven of the 11 cities in Zhejiang have a population of more than 5 million.

The income gap between urban and rural areas in Zhejiang is small, and the regional development is relatively balanced. Zhejiang is dominated by the private economy, and many counties have formed industrial clusters with their own characteristics, with strong development momentum. These populous cities have outstanding labor advantages, especially with the improvement of the comprehensive transportation system to the three major economic circles, the advantages of labor-intensive industries are prominent.