GDP · 2025
1
trillion yuanDalian statistics source ↗
Municipality-wide GDP at current prices.
Cities · China in Figures
Dalian in figures
A major Northeast China port and industrial city for shipping, equipment manufacturing, petrochemicals, software and tourism.
Resident population · 2024
7.54
million peopleDalian population and administrative area source ↗
Latest clearly published official resident-population value, reference year 2024; the 2025 hukou total is not substituted.
Administrative area · 2025
13,700
sq kmDalian population and administrative area source ↗
Official municipal land area, not built-up area.
City profile
Economy, population and urban systems
Each value keeps its own unit. Indexed bars provide a visual summary only and are not direct unit comparisons.
Source: Dalian statistics source ↗ · Dalian population and administrative area source ↗ · Official Dalian statistical and administrative-area sources.chinainfigures.com
Disposable income
52,007 yuan per personDalian statistics source ↗
All-resident disposable income per person.
Services share
58.03 percentDalian statistics source ↗
Derived only from same-release 2025 tertiary value added and GDP.
Port throughput
5.482 million TEUDalian statistics source ↗
Port operational geography differs from the municipality boundary.
Population
Which Dalian?
The latest clearly published official resident-population value is retained with its 2024 reference year. The 2025 communique publishes hukou population, which is not substituted for resident population.
Area
Administrative territory
The official city card reports roughly 13,700 sq km of land for the full municipality. This includes extensive outer districts and county-level island territory and is not built-up area.
Economy and systems
A city in context
GDP, resident income, industry components and port throughput use the official 2025 statistical communique. The service share is derived only from the same release's tertiary value added and GDP. Dalian is one of Northeast China's principal seaports and an important rail, aviation and logistics gateway across the Bohai and Yellow Sea region.
International scale check
Compared with San Antonio
Selected for similar economic scale: San Antonio, United States.
Not a like-for-like rank
The peer MSA GDP (~US$182.1B, 2023) is close to Dalian's municipality GDP after indicative USD conversion (~US$143.5B).
Dalian uses the source-defined full municipal administrative/statistical territory; San Antonio uses a multi-county U.S. MSA. Years and boundary types differ, so GDP proximity is a scale reference only.
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Dalian
Chinese municipality-wide administrative scope
Overseas peer
San Antonio
San Antonio–New Braunfels, TX MSA
| Metric | Dalian | San Antonio |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 1trillion yuan≈ US$144B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Dalian statistics source ↗ | 182US$ billionBEA metro GDP via FRED, 2023 ↗ |
| Population | 7.54million peopleDalian population and administrative area source ↗ | 2.56million peopleU.S. Census Bureau 2020 Census metro geography ↗ |
| Area | 13,700sq kmDalian population and administrative area source ↗ | 18,941sq kmU.S. Census Bureau 2020 Census metro geography ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 551people / sq km | 135people / sq km |
Used only to place Chinese municipality GDP beside peer metro GDP in USD. Not PPP, not constant-price, and not an official exchange-rate series.