GDP · 2025
1.28
trillion yuanDongguan statistics source ↗
Municipality-wide GDP at current prices.
Cities · China in Figures
Dongguan in figures
An export-oriented Pearl River Delta manufacturing centre with major electronics, machinery, textiles and advanced-industry clusters.
Resident population · 2025
10.8
million peopleDongguan statistics source ↗
Year-end resident population across the full municipal statistical scope.
Administrative area · 2024
2,460
sq kmDongguan administrative area source ↗
Official 2024 land-survey 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: Dongguan statistics source ↗ · Dongguan administrative area source ↗ · Official Dongguan statistical and administrative-area sources.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
93.63 percentDongguan statistics source ↗
Official resident-population urbanisation rate.
Disposable income
70,803 yuan per personDongguan statistics source ↗
All-resident disposable income per person.
Services share
43.6 percentDongguan statistics source ↗
Official tertiary-industry share of GDP.
Population
Which Dongguan?
Resident population covers the full municipality. Dongguan's township-based administrative structure differs from district-based cities and should remain visible in comparisons.
Area
Administrative territory
The official natural-resources page reports 246,000 hectares of surveyed land through 2024, converted to 2,460 sq km. It is not built-up area.
Economy and systems
A city in context
GDP, resident population, urbanisation, resident income and industry structure use the official 2025 statistical communique. Dongguan is integrated into the Greater Bay Area through intercity rail, expressways, inland waterways and proximity to the ports and airports of Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
International scale check
Compared with Kansas City
Selected for similar economic scale: Kansas City, United States.
Not a like-for-like rank
The peer MSA GDP (~US$185.7B, 2023) is close to Dongguan's municipality GDP after indicative USD conversion (~US$183.1B).
Dongguan uses the source-defined full municipal administrative/statistical territory; Kansas City uses a multi-county U.S. MSA. Years and boundary types differ, so GDP proximity is a scale reference only.
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Dongguan
Chinese municipality-wide administrative scope
Overseas peer
Kansas City
Kansas City, MO-KS MSA
| Metric | Dongguan | Kansas City |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 1.28trillion yuan≈ US$183B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Dongguan statistics source ↗ | 186US$ billionBEA metro GDP via FRED, 2023 ↗ |
| Population | 10.8million peopleDongguan statistics source ↗ | 2.19million peopleU.S. Census Bureau 2020 Census metro geography ↗ |
| Area | 2,460sq kmDongguan administrative area source ↗ | 18,794sq kmU.S. Census Bureau 2020 Census metro geography ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 4,390people / sq km | 117people / 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.