Prefectural Division
The population of the prefectural entities in Sichuan Province according to census results and recent official estimates.
| Name | Status | Native | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population Census (C) 1990-07-01 | Population Census (C) 2000-11-01 | Population Census (C) 2010-11-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2016-12-31 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | PRep | Beijing | 9,572,900 | 1,130,822,993 | 1,242,612,226 | 1,339,724,852 | 1,382,710,000 | ||||
| Bazhong | PrefCity | 巴中市 | Bazhong | 12,301 | 3,129,512 | 3,289,246 | 3,283,148 | 3,311,400 | 1230100 | → | |
| Chengdu | SProvCity | 成都市 | Chengdu | 14,378 | 10,628,128 | 12,521,057 | 15,118,839 | 15,917,600 | 1437800 | → | |
| Dazhou | PrefCity | 达州市 | Dazhou | 16,580 | 5,847,507 | 5,793,144 | 5,468,097 | 5,597,700 | 1658000 | → | |
| Deyang | PrefCity | 德阳市 | Deyang | 5,952 | 3,528,902 | 3,788,056 | 3,615,758 | 3,519,700 | 595200 | → | |
| Garzê (Ganzi) | APref | 甘孜藏族自治州 | Kangding | 147,681 | 828,531 | 897,239 | 1,091,872 | 1,180,500 | 14768100 | → | |
| Guang'an | PrefCity | 广安市 | Guang'an | 6,301 | 3,964,180 | 4,124,100 | 3,205,476 | 3,264,700 | 630100 | → | |
| Guangyuan | PrefCity | 广元市 | Guangyuan | 16,314 | 2,877,589 | 3,063,291 | 2,484,122 | 2,635,000 | 1631400 | → | |
| Leshan | PrefCity | 乐山市 | Leshan | 12,827 | 3,296,910 | 3,324,139 | 3,235,759 | 3,265,000 | 1282700 | → | |
| Liangshan | APref | 凉山彝族自治州 | Xichang | 60,423 | 3,656,559 | 4,081,697 | 4,532,809 | 4,822,200 | 6042300 | → | |
| Luzhou | PrefCity | 泸州市 | Luzhou | 12,234 | 4,312,928 | 4,102,165 | 4,218,427 | 4,306,400 | 1223400 | → | |
| Meishan | PrefCity | 眉山市 | Meishan | 7,174 | 3,159,873 | 3,205,171 | 2,950,545 | 3,000,900 | 717400 | → | |
| Mianyang | PrefCity | 绵阳市 | Mianyang | 20,267 | 4,924,916 | 5,170,141 | 4,613,871 | 4,810,900 | 2026700 | → | |
| Nanchong | PrefCity | 南充市 | Nanchong | 12,480 | 6,716,649 | 6,683,406 | 6,278,614 | 6,402,200 | 1248000 | → | |
| Neijiang | PrefCity | 内江市 | Neijiang | 5,385 | 3,978,152 | 4,160,305 | 3,702,847 | 3,746,600 | 538500 | → | |
| Ngawa (Aba) | APref | 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 | Barkam | 82,383 | 775,703 | 847,468 | 898,708 | 934,600 | 8238300 | → | |
| Panzhihua | PrefCity | 攀枝花市 | Panzhihua | 7,423 | 948,101 | 1,091,657 | 1,214,121 | 1,235,600 | 742300 | → | |
| Suining | PrefCity | 遂宁市 | Suining | 5,324 | 3,400,878 | 3,477,013 | 3,252,619 | 3,298,000 | 532400 | → | |
| Ya'an | PrefCity | 雅安市 | Ya'an | 15,213 | 1,413,060 | 1,522,845 | 1,507,258 | 1,539,700 | 1521300 | → | |
| Yibin | PrefCity | 宜宾市 | Yibin | 13,294 | 4,684,170 | 4,887,242 | 4,471,896 | 4,510,000 | 1329400 | → | |
| Zigong | PrefCity | 自贡市 | Zigong | 4,373 | 2,946,406 | 3,033,763 | 2,678,899 | 2,780,800 | 437300 | → | |
| Ziyang | PrefCity | 资阳市 | Ziyang | 5,748 | 3,333,448 | 3,285,151 | 2,593,843 | 2,540,500 | 574800 | → | |
| Sichuan | Prov | 四川省 | Chengdu | 487,000 | 78,352,102 | 82,348,296 | 80,417,528 | 82,620,000 | 48700000 | → |
- (1990) China Dimensions Data Collection (sedac.ciesin.org).
(2000) (2010) China National Bureau of Statistics (web).
(2016) Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Statistics (web).
Major Cities
| Name | Population Census (C) 2010-11-01 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chengdu | 7,112,045 |
| 2 | Mianyang | 967,007 |
| 3 | Nanchong | 890,402 |
| 4 | Luzhou | 742,274 |
| 5 | Leshan | 678,752 |
| 6 | Zigong | 666,204 |
| 7 | Panzhihua | 631,258 |
Contents: Cities & Counties
The urban population of all cities and counties in Sichuan Province with more than 75,000 urban inhabitants by census years.
The tabulated urban population is counted on district or county level; therefore it may refer to more than one settlement. Population changes may result from population growth, migration, or boundary changes.
| Name | Status | Native | Population Census (C) 1990-07-01 | Population Census (C) 2000-11-01 | Population Census (C) 2010-11-01 | Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anyue | Cnty | 安岳县 | 59,966 | 125,492 | 226,648 | 0 | → | |
| Anzhou (Anxian) | CDist | 安州区 | 36,663 | 98,530 | 96,265 | 0 | → | |
| Barkam (Ma'erkang) | City | 马尔康市 | 23,488 | 22,455 | 28,783 | 0 | ||
| Bazhong | City | 巴中市 | 55,524 | 221,889 | 477,235 | 0 | → | |
| Cangxi | Cnty | 苍溪县 | 27,877 | 105,096 | 127,728 | 0 | → | |
| Changning | Cnty | 长宁县 | 18,717 | 81,895 | 103,101 | 0 | → | |
| Chengdu (incl. Xindu, Shuangliu) [Chengtu] | City | 成都市 | 1,950,355 | 4,428,972 | 7,112,045 | 0 | → | |
| Chongzhou | City | 崇州市 | 42,930 | 147,466 | 206,448 | 0 | → | |
| Dachuan (Daxian) | CDist | 达川区 | 21,184 | 119,669 | 299,223 | 0 | → | |
| Dayi | Cnty | 大邑县 | 40,553 | 115,355 | 175,898 | 0 | → | |
| Daying | Cnty | 大英县 | ... | 98,509 | 141,597 | 0 | → | |
| Dazhou | City | 达州市 | 160,701 | 262,555 | 379,467 | 0 | → | |
| Dazhu | Cnty | 大竹县 | 49,550 | 120,026 | 273,536 | 0 | → | |
| Deyang | City | 德阳市 | 176,414 | 365,172 | 530,122 | 0 | → | |
| Dujiangyan | City | 都江堰市 | 100,546 | 262,421 | 317,627 | 0 | → | |
| Emeishan | City | 峨眉山市 | 54,191 | 128,874 | 220,349 | 0 | → | |
| Fushun | Cnty | 富顺县 | 77,564 | 142,276 | 252,451 | 0 | → | |
| Gaoxian | Cnty | 高县 | 28,559 | 67,763 | 103,900 | 0 | → | |
| Gongxian | Cnty | 珙县 | 78,018 | 113,273 | 157,012 | 0 | → | |
| Guang'an | City | 广安市 | 55,401 | 204,377 | 317,502 | 0 | → | |
| Guanghan | City | 广汉市 | 74,495 | 222,043 | 235,872 | 0 | → | |
| Guangyuan | City | 广元市 | 225,401 | 386,846 | 407,756 | 0 | → | |
| Gulin | Cnty | 古蔺县 | 32,360 | 79,447 | 121,995 | 0 | → | |
| Hanyuan | Cnty | 汉源县 | 15,891 | 51,786 | 53,910 | 0 | → | |
| Hejiang | Cnty | 合江县 | 59,467 | 138,859 | 214,805 | 0 | → | |
| Hongya | Cnty | 洪雅县 | 21,561 | 69,577 | 90,176 | 0 | → | |
| Huaying | City | 华蓥市 | 85,094 | 165,000 | 119,228 | 0 | → | |
| Huili | Cnty | 会理县 | 30,794 | 33,015 | 133,074 | 0 | → | |
| Jiajiang | Cnty | 夹江县 | 36,847 | 59,383 | 85,238 | 0 | → | |
| Jiang'an | Cnty | 江安县 | 30,573 | 102,964 | 118,708 | 0 | → | |
| Jiange | Cnty | 剑阁县 | 35,395 | 98,793 | 105,487 | 0 | → | |
| Jiangyou | City | 江油市 | 160,768 | 366,716 | 312,154 | 0 | → | |
| Jianyang | City | 简阳市 | 100,309 | 270,997 | 365,386 | 0 | → | |
| Jingyan | Cnty | 井研县 | 23,886 | 56,062 | 73,047 | 0 | → | |
| Jintang | Cnty | 金堂县 | 49,584 | 135,627 | 186,844 | 0 | → | |
| Junlian | Cnty | 筠连县 | 23,450 | 55,721 | 76,094 | 0 | → | |
| Kaijiang | Cnty | 开江县 | 26,227 | 95,137 | 125,558 | 0 | → | |
| Kangding | City | 康定市 | 28,823 | 40,610 | 60,439 | 0 | ||
| Langzhong | City | 阆中市 | 55,962 | 198,447 | 242,535 | 0 | → | |
| Leshan | City | 乐山市 | 312,999 | 459,507 | 678,752 | 0 | → | |
| Lezhi | Cnty | 乐至县 | 37,769 | 103,765 | 157,625 | 0 | → | |
| Linshui | Cnty | 邻水县 | 36,295 | 102,919 | 188,626 | 0 | → | |
| Longchang | Cnty | 隆昌县 | 61,904 | 141,635 | 289,494 | 0 | → | |
| Luojiang | Cnty | 罗江县 | ... | 57,648 | 79,269 | 0 | → | |
| Luxian | Cnty | 泸县 | 32,817 | 118,749 | 269,241 | 0 | → | |
| Luzhou | City | 泸州市 | 272,736 | 668,335 | 742,274 | 0 | → | |
| Meishan | City | 眉山市 | 74,399 | 242,729 | 347,546 | 0 | → | |
| Mianning | Cnty | 冕宁县 | 32,982 | 60,441 | 100,195 | 0 | → | |
| Mianyang | City | 绵阳市 | 232,035 | 782,461 | 967,007 | 0 | → | |
| Mianzhu | City | 绵竹市 | 69,971 | 168,713 | 192,001 | 0 | → | |
| Nanbu | Cnty | 南部县 | 58,609 | 217,385 | 249,559 | 0 | → | |
| Nanchong | City | 南充市 | 348,201 | 621,403 | 890,402 | 0 | → | |
| Nanjiang | Cnty | 南江县 | 30,884 | 54,128 | 115,831 | 0 | → | |
| Nanxi | CDist | 南溪区 | 32,707 | 118,175 | 119,196 | 0 | → | |
| Neijiang | City | 内江市 | 239,654 | 696,158 | 586,445 | 0 | → | |
| Panzhihua (Dukou) | City | 攀枝花市 | 436,001 | 562,270 | 631,258 | 0 | → | |
| Peng'an | Cnty | 蓬安县 | 36,892 | 130,526 | 200,531 | 0 | → | |
| Pengshan | CDist | 彭山区 | 27,706 | 94,678 | 150,350 | 0 | → | |
| Pengxi | Cnty | 蓬溪县 | 44,462 | 129,686 | 149,400 | 0 | → | |
| Pengzhou (Pengxian) | City | 彭州市 | 78,612 | 245,869 | 263,199 | 0 | → | |
| Pingchang | Cnty | 平昌县 | 39,602 | 71,997 | 212,420 | 0 | → | |
| Pixian | Cnty | 郫县 | 41,137 | 247,298 | 589,647 | 0 | → | |
| Pujiang | Cnty | 蒲江县 | 16,604 | 74,980 | 73,069 | 0 | → | |
| Qianwei | Cnty | 犍为县 | 59,541 | 78,492 | 114,294 | 0 | → | |
| Qionglai | City | 邛崃市 | 51,382 | 239,331 | 190,099 | 0 | → | |
| Quxian | Cnty | 渠县 | 71,924 | 85,912 | 285,024 | 0 | → | |
| Renshou | Cnty | 仁寿县 | 51,887 | 150,377 | 266,795 | 0 | → | |
| Rongxian | Cnty | 荣县 | 54,460 | 117,063 | 180,247 | 0 | → | |
| Santai | Cnty | 三台县 | 80,473 | 231,098 | 206,740 | 0 | → | |
| Shehong | Cnty | 射洪县 | 76,738 | 235,988 | 358,735 | 0 | → | |
| Shifang | City | 什邡市 | 49,927 | 163,125 | 187,473 | 0 | → | |
| Suining | City | 遂宁市 | 110,609 | 428,262 | 549,826 | 0 | → | |
| Tongjiang | Cnty | 通江县 | 30,364 | 58,186 | 129,222 | 0 | → | |
| Wangcang | Cnty | 旺苍县 | 35,324 | 108,164 | 136,405 | 0 | → | |
| Wanyuan | City | 万源市 | 40,516 | 92,277 | 129,617 | 0 | → | |
| Weiyuan | Cnty | 威远县 | 75,054 | 203,358 | 260,044 | 0 | → | |
| Wusheng | Cnty | 武胜县 | 29,165 | 85,344 | 131,910 | 0 | → | |
| Xichang | City | 西昌市 | 129,008 | 245,848 | 466,732 | 0 | → | |
| Xichong | Cnty | 西充县 | 30,085 | 80,347 | 141,280 | 0 | → | |
| Xingwen | Cnty | 兴文县 | 29,096 | 67,155 | 85,494 | 0 | → | |
| Xinjin | Cnty | 新津县 | 29,139 | 70,500 | 122,139 | 0 | → | |
| Xuanhan | Cnty | 宣汉县 | 47,100 | 119,528 | 295,993 | 0 | → | |
| Xuyong | Cnty | 叙永县 | 60,655 | 81,598 | 139,129 | 0 | → | |
| Ya'an (incl. Mingshan) | City | 雅安市 | 131,826 | 186,547 | 261,071 | 0 | → | |
| Yanting | Cnty | 盐亭县 | 26,433 | 91,545 | 97,248 | 0 | → | |
| Yibin | Cnty | 宜宾县 | 29,713 | 133,930 | 158,797 | 0 | → | |
| Yibin | City | 宜宾市 | 225,670 | 427,706 | 549,650 | 0 | → | |
| Yilong | Cnty | 仪陇县 | 28,549 | 79,626 | 346,569 | 0 | → | |
| Yingshan | Cnty | 营山县 | 33,003 | 75,147 | 183,789 | 0 | → | |
| Yuechi | Cnty | 岳池县 | 46,840 | 128,429 | 174,693 | 0 | → | |
| Zhongjiang | Cnty | 中江县 | 56,970 | 225,763 | 269,255 | 0 | → | |
| Zigong | City | 自贡市 | 376,891 | 601,010 | 666,204 | 0 | → | |
| Zitong | Cnty | 梓潼县 | 18,527 | 64,689 | 61,950 | 0 | → | |
| Ziyang | City | 资阳市 | 97,217 | 280,158 | 376,387 | 0 | → | |
| Zizhong | Cnty | 资中县 | 94,514 | 148,030 | 265,058 | 0 | → |
- (1990) China Dimensions Data Collection (sedac.ciesin.org).
(2000) China National Bureau of Statistics (web).
(2010) China National Bureau of Statistics: Tabulation of the 2010 Population Census of the People's Republic of China by County.