China · Prefecture-level city
Historical population data
Annual indicators from 2023 to 2025. Values can be compared across years.
Resident population · 20255,526,060 people
Change over the period+1.5%
Annual growth+0.74%
Urbanization rate90.4%
All years
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| Year | Resident population | Urbanization rate | Registered (hukou) population | Birth rate | Death rate | GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,526,060 people | 90.4% | — | 6.53 ‰ | 7.51 ‰ | — |
| 2024 | 5,514,668 people | 89.7% | — | 8.09 ‰ | 6.46 ‰ | — |
| 2023 | 5,444,700 people | — | 4,054,097 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 | 5,526,060 people | 4,995,526 people | 530,534 people | 90.4% | 2,796,100 people | 2,729,900 people | — | — | — | — | 36,060 people | 41,474 people | 6.53 ‰ | 7.51 ‰ | -0.98 ‰ | — |
| 2024 | 5,514,668 people | 4,944,809 people | 569,859 people | 89.7% | 2,791,569 people | 2,723,099 people | — | — | — | — | 44,388 people | 35,429 people | 8.09 ‰ | 6.46 ‰ | 1.63 ‰ | — |
| 2023 | 5,444,700 people | — | — | — | — | — | 4,054,097 people | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 太原市2025年国民经济和社会发展统计公报+2025年太原市人口主要数据公报 |
| 2023 | — | GDP推算 | 2023年统计公报+户籍人口来自中国人口与就业统计年鉴2024 |