RankAreaResident PopulationJurisdiction area1 Linyi10.9438 M17192km²2 Qingdao10.3715 M11293km²3 Jinan9437 K10244km²4 Weifang9369.5 K16138km²5 Heze8635.5 K12256km²6 Jining8240.5 K11191km²7 Yantai7032.2 K13654km²8 Liaocheng5859.3 K8628km²9 Dezhou5536.3 K10361km²10 Taian5348.7 K7762km²11 Zibo4674 K5964km²12 Binzhou3904.1 K9156km²13 Zaozhuang3809.8 K4564km²14 Rizhao2948.2 K5359km²15 Weihai2913.6 K5797km²16 Dongying2206 K8617km²