China · Prefecture-level city
Historical population data
Annual indicators from 2022 to 2025. Values can be compared across years.
Resident population · 20253,280,800 people
Change over the period-2.7%
Annual growth-0.90%
Urbanization rate58.3%
All years
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| Year | Resident population | Urbanization rate | Registered (hukou) population | Birth rate | Death rate | GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,280,800 people | 58.3% | — | 5.81 ‰ | 8.22 ‰ | — |
| 2024 | 3,315,838 people | 57.7% | — | 6.90 ‰ | 7.53 ‰ | — |
| 2023 | 3,346,500 people | 56.1% | 3,903,569 people | 6.60 ‰ | 7.55 ‰ | — |
| 2022 | 3,370,523 people | — | — | 7.21 ‰ | 7.09 ‰ | — |
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 | 3,280,800 people | 1,912,400 people | 1,368,400 people | 58.3% | 1,695,100 people | 1,585,800 people | — | — | — | — | 19,200 people | 27,100 people | 5.81 ‰ | 8.22 ‰ | -2.41 ‰ | — |
| 2024 | 3,315,838 people | 1,912,526 people | 1,403,312 people | 57.7% | 1,714,997 people | 1,600,841 people | — | — | — | — | 23,800 people | 25,100 people | 6.90 ‰ | 7.53 ‰ | -0.63 ‰ | — |
| 2023 | 3,346,500 people | 1,877,400 people | 1,469,200 people | 56.1% | 1,737,500 people | 1,609,100 people | 3,903,569 people | — | — | — | 22,200 people | 25,400 people | 6.60 ‰ | 7.55 ‰ | -0.94 ‰ | — |
| 2022 | 3,370,523 people | 1,850,355 people | 1,520,168 people | — | 1,747,976 people | 1,622,547 people | — | — | — | — | 24,327 people | 23,914 people | 7.21 ‰ | 7.09 ‰ | 0.12 ‰ | — |
Ethnic population and data notes
Ethnic population, resident/hukou basis and source for each year.
| Year | Ethnic population | Data basis / note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 常住 | 吕梁市2025年国民经济和社会发展统计公报 |
| 2024 | — | 常住 | 2024年统计公报 |