Rank	Area	Resident Population	Jurisdiction area
1	Linyi	10.9438 M	17192km²
2	Qingdao	10.3715 M	11293km²
3	Jinan	9437 K	10244km²
4	Weifang	9369.5 K	16138km²
5	Heze	8635.5 K	12256km²
6	Jining	8240.5 K	11191km²
7	Yantai	7032.2 K	13654km²
8	Liaocheng	5859.3 K	8628km²
9	Dezhou	5536.3 K	10361km²
10	Taian	5348.7 K	7762km²
11	Zibo	4674 K	5964km²
12	Binzhou	3904.1 K	9156km²
13	Zaozhuang	3809.8 K	4564km²
14	Rizhao	2948.2 K	5359km²
15	Weihai	2913.6 K	5797km²
16	Dongying	2206 K	8617km²