GDP · 2025
1.32
trillion yuanFoshan statistics source ↗
Municipality-wide GDP at current prices.
Cities · China in Figures
Foshan in figures
A major Pearl River Delta manufacturing city known for household appliances, machinery, ceramics, metal products and private enterprise.
Resident population · 2025
9.79
million peopleFoshan statistics source ↗
Year-end resident population across the full municipal statistical scope.
Administrative area · 2023
3,797.7
sq kmFoshan administrative area source ↗
Official five-district municipal 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: Foshan statistics source ↗ · Foshan administrative area source ↗ · Official Foshan statistical and administrative-area sources.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
95.8 percentFoshan statistics source ↗
Official resident-population urbanisation rate.
Disposable income
71,130 yuan per personFoshan statistics source ↗
All-resident disposable income per person.
Services share
48.5 percentFoshan statistics source ↗
Official tertiary-industry share of GDP.
Population
Which Foshan?
Resident population covers all five districts: Chancheng, Nanhai, Shunde, Gaoming and Sanshui.
Area
Administrative territory
The official city overview reports 3,797.72 sq km for the five-district municipality. This administrative area is not the continuously built-up urban footprint.
Economy and systems
A city in context
GDP, resident population, urbanisation, resident income and industry structure use the official 2025 statistical communique. Foshan is linked to Guangzhou and the Greater Bay Area by metro, intercity rail, expressways, waterways and nearby international airports.
International scale check
Compared with Cincinnati
Selected for similar economic scale: Cincinnati, United States.
Not a like-for-like rank
The peer MSA GDP (~US$198.9B, 2023) is close to Foshan's municipality GDP after indicative USD conversion (~US$188.8B).
Foshan uses the source-defined full municipal administrative/statistical territory; Cincinnati uses a multi-county U.S. MSA. Years and boundary types differ, so GDP proximity is a scale reference only.
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Foshan
Chinese municipality-wide administrative scope
Overseas peer
Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN MSA
| Metric | Foshan | Cincinnati |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 1.32trillion yuan≈ US$189B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Foshan statistics source ↗ | 199US$ billionBEA metro GDP via FRED, 2023 ↗ |
| Population | 9.79million peopleFoshan statistics source ↗ | 2.26million peopleU.S. Census Bureau 2020 Census metro geography ↗ |
| Area | 3,798sq kmFoshan administrative area source ↗ | 11,775sq kmU.S. Census Bureau 2020 Census metro geography ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 2,578people / sq km | 192people / 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.