GDP · 2025
1.94
trillion yuanNanjing Statistics ↗
Municipality-wide GDP.
Cities · China in Figures
Nanjing in figures
Jiangsu’s capital and a major centre for higher education, research, advanced manufacturing and services in the Yangtze River Delta.
Resident population · 2024
9.58
million peopleNanjing Statistical Yearbook population table ↗
Year-end resident population across the full municipality.
Administrative area · 2024
6,587
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: Nanjing Statistics ↗ · Nanjing area source ↗ · Nanjing Statistical Yearbook population table ↗ · Nanjing 2024 Statistical Communique ↗ · Nanjing Statistical Yearbook urbanisation table ↗ · Official Nanjing statistical releases and administrative-area sources.chinainfigures.com
Disposable income
78,243 yuan per personNanjing Statistics ↗
All-resident disposable income.
Population density
1,454 people per sq kmNanjing Statistical Yearbook population table ↗
Derived from 2024 resident population and administrative area.
Services share
68 percentNanjing Statistics ↗
Derived from official 2025 GDP components.
Population
Which Nanjing?
The latest formal resident-population point is 2024, while the current GDP and income points are 2025. The page keeps these years visible.
Area
Administrative territory
The municipality includes eleven districts and covers urban, suburban and rural territory; administrative area is not built-up area.
Economy and systems
A city in context
The current formal GDP and income values use the 2025 official economic release. Nanjing is a major rail, river-port and regional transport hub in the lower Yangtze corridor.
International scale check
Compared with Denver
Selected for similar economic scale: Denver, United States.
Not a like-for-like rank
The peer MSA GDP (~US$315B, 2023) is close to Nanjing's municipality GDP after indicative USD conversion (~US$279B).
Nanjing is a sub-provincial capital with a broad municipal boundary; Denver uses a multi-county MSA. Nanjing GDP and population currently use different reference years. GDP proximity is a scale reference only.
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Nanjing
Chinese municipality-wide administrative scope
Overseas peer
Denver
Denver–Aurora–Lakewood MSA
| Metric | Nanjing | Denver |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 1.94trillion yuan≈ US$279B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Nanjing Statistics ↗ | 315US$ billionU.S. BEA metro GDP, 2023 ↗ |
| Population | 9.58million peopleNanjing Statistical Yearbook population table ↗ | 2.96million peopleU.S. Census Bureau metropolitan population ↗ |
| Area | 6,587sq kmNanjing area source ↗ | 21,616sq kmU.S. Census Bureau metropolitan geography ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 1,454people / sq km | 137people / 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.