China: population of Beijing municipality 2023

In 2023, around 21.86 million permanent residents were living in the administrative area of Beijing municipality. Back in 2017, the Beijing municipal government had announced plans to limit Beijing's population to 23 million by 2020 in order to mitigate the contradiction between rapid population growth and resource and environment restrictions.

Population of the administrative area of Beijing municipality, China from 1980 to 2023 (in millions)

Characteristic	Inhabitants in millions
2023	21.86
2022	21.84
2021	21.89
2020	21.89
2019	21.9
2018	21.92
2017	21.94
2016	21.95
2015	21.88
2014	21.71
2013	21.25
2012	20.78
2011	20.24
2010	19.62
2009	18.6
2008	17.71
2007	16.76
2006	16.01
2005	15.38
2004	14.93
2003	14.56
2002	14.23
2001	13.85
2000*	13.64
1999	12.57
1998	12.46
1997	12.4
1996	12.59
1995*	12.51
1994	11.25
1993	11.12
1992	11.02
1991	10.94
1990	10.86
1989	10.75
1988	10.61
1987	10.47
1986	10.28
1985	9.81
1984	9.65
1983	9.5
1982	9.35
1981	9.19
1980	9.04

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

China

Survey time period

1980 to 2023

Supplementary notes

* Noticeable deviations in former years are mainly due to incomplete statistical figures and recalculations based on census data.

The figures take into account all residents living in the administrative area of Beijing municipality, including rural population and people living in distant suburbs. According to estimates, the population living in the urban area of Beijing, which is defined as all city districts with contiguous built-up areas, reached approximately 20.9 million in 2021.

Figures for earlier years have been taken from previous publications.
Values have been rounded.

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