GDP · 2025
3.2
trillion yuanGuangzhou Statistics ↗
Municipality-wide GDP
Cities · China in Figures
Guangzhou in figures
Guangdong’s capital and a major commercial, manufacturing and transport hub in the Pearl River Delta.
Resident population · 2025
19.1
million peopleGuangzhou Statistics ↗
Year-end resident population
Administrative area · 2025
7,434.4
Administrative territory, 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: Guangzhou Statistics ↗ · Guangzhou Government ↗ · Guangzhou 2025 statistical bulletin and official administrative overview.chinainfigures.com
Disposable income
80,591 yuan per personGuangzhou Statistics ↗
All residents, not urban residents only.
Port throughput
28.05 million TEUGuangzhou Statistics ↗
Port geography differs from municipality geography.
Urbanisation
87.56 percentGuangzhou Statistics ↗
Share of resident population classified as urban.
Population
Which Guangzhou?
The 19.10 million figure covers all eleven districts of Guangzhou municipality, not only the central urban districts.
Area
Administrative territory
Guangzhou’s 7,434.4 square kilometres include dense central districts, suburban manufacturing areas, new towns and extensive northern territory.
Economy and systems
A city in context
Guangzhou’s GDP reached 3.20 trillion yuan in 2025. Services accounted for 74.95 percent of output. Guangzhou Port handled 28.05 million TEU and Baiyun International Airport handled 83.59 million passengers in 2025.
International scale check
Compared with Mexico City
Selected for similar economic scale: Mexico City, Mexico.
Not a like-for-like rank
Greater Mexico City GDP (~US$401B, 2024) is close to Guangzhou’s municipality GDP after USD conversion (~US$460B).
Guangzhou is a prefecture-level municipality; Mexico City figures use a metro-area definition that spans multiple jurisdictions.
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Guangzhou
Chinese municipality-wide administrative scope
Overseas peer
Mexico City
Greater Mexico City metropolitan area
| Metric | Guangzhou | Mexico City |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 3.2trillion yuan≈ US$460B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Guangzhou Statistics ↗ | 401US$ billionWikipedia list of metropolitan areas by GDP ↗ |
| Population | 19.1million peopleGuangzhou Statistics ↗ | 21.8million peopleINEGI / Greater Mexico City metro estimates ↗ |
| Area | 7,434sq kmGuangzhou Government ↗ | 7,866sq kmCompiled Greater Mexico City metro area ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 2,569people / sq km | 2,771people / 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.