GDP · 2025
1.42
trillion yuanJinan statistics source ↗
Municipality-wide GDP.
Cities · China in Figures
Jinan in figures
Shandong’s capital and a major Yellow River basin centre for services, advanced manufacturing, software, logistics and research.
Resident population · 2025
9.62
million peopleJinan statistics source ↗
Year-end resident population across the stated municipal scope.
Administrative area · 2026
10,244.5
sq kmJinan administrative area source ↗
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: Jinan statistics source ↗ · Jinan administrative area source ↗ · Official Jinan statistical releases and administrative-area sources.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
77.3 percentJinan statistics source ↗
Official resident-population classification.
Disposable income
56,961 yuan per personJinan statistics source ↗
All-resident disposable income.
Services share
64.5 percentJinan statistics source ↗
Tertiary-industry share of GDP.
Population
Which Jinan?
Resident population covers the full municipal administrative territory rather than the central built-up districts alone.
Area
Administrative territory
The official city overview reports 10,244.45 sq km for the municipality; this includes extensive outer districts and county-level territory.
Economy and systems
A city in context
GDP, population, urbanisation, resident income and industry structure use the official 2025 statistical communique. Jinan is a major east-China rail, aviation, expressway and logistics hub between the Bohai Rim and the lower Yellow River.
International scale check
Compared with Nashville
Selected for similar economic scale: Nashville, United States.
Not a like-for-like rank
Nashville MSA GDP (US$204.9B, 2023) nearly matches Jinan municipality GDP after indicative USD conversion (about US$203.9B).
Jinan is a sub-provincial municipality; Nashville uses a multi-county U.S. MSA boundary.
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Jinan
Chinese municipality-wide administrative scope
Overseas peer
Nashville
Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin MSA
| Metric | Jinan | Nashville |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 1.42trillion yuan≈ US$204B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Jinan statistics source ↗ | 205US$ billionBEA metro GDP / compiled metro list ↗ |
| Population | 9.62million peopleJinan statistics source ↗ | 2.07million peopleU.S. Census Bureau metro population estimate ↗ |
| Area | 10,244sq kmJinan administrative area source ↗ | 14,365sq kmU.S. Census Bureau metropolitan gazetteer ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 939people / sq km | 144people / 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.