Resident population · 2025330,600 people327,400 people (2022)
Change over the period+1.0%3 Years
Annual growth+0.32%Years
Urbanization rate99.8%2025
330.98K329.99K329.00K328.01K327.02K20222023202420252022: 327.40K2023: 329.20K2024: 328.70K2025: 330.60K

All years

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YearResident populationUrbanization rateRegistered (hukou) populationBirth rateDeath rateGDP
2025 330,600 people 99.8% 263,530 people — — —
2024 328,700 people 99.8% 262,775 people — — —
2023 329,200 people 99.8% 259,732 people — — —
2022 327,400 people — — — — —

Detailed population data

Resident, urban/rural, sex, hukou, births/deaths, city population and GDP by year.

Year Resident population Urban population Rural population Urbanization rate Male population Female population Registered (hukou) population Households City population City registered population Births Deaths Birth rate Death rate Natural growth rate GDP
2025 330,600 people 329,900 people 700 people 99.8% — — 263,530 people 98,911 — — — — — — — —
2024 328,700 people 327,900 people 800 people 99.8% — — 262,775 people 97,238 — — — — — — — —
2023 329,200 people — — 99.8% — — 259,732 people 88,345 — — — — — — — —
2022 327,400 people — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Ethnic population and data notes

Ethnic population, resident/hukou basis and source for each year.

YearEthnic populationData basis / noteSource
2025 汉族22.5018万人、回族1.7488万人、藏族1.0389万人、土族0.4252万人、蒙古族0.2081万人、满族0.1836万人、撒拉族0.1420万人 — 2025年西宁城中区国民经济和社会发展统计公报
2024 年末民族人口情况(千人以上):汉族225630人、回族16680人、藏族10052人、土族4147人、蒙古族2083人、满族1861人、撒拉族1324人。 — 统计公报2024+https://www.xncd.gov.cn/html/tjxx/105679.html
2023 年末民族人口情况(千人以上):汉族223789人、藏族9719人、回族16223人、土族3934人、撒拉族1235人、蒙古族1997人、满族1865人。 — 2023年统计公报
$5.6B$5.3B$5.0B$4.7B$4.4B2023202420252023: $4.5B2024: $5.4B2025: $5.5B