GDP · 2025
1.87
trillion yuanNingbo statistics source ↗
Municipality-wide GDP at current prices.
Cities · China in Figures
Ningbo in figures
A major Zhejiang port, trade and manufacturing centre with one of the world's largest cargo gateways.
Resident population · 2025
9.83
million peopleNingbo statistics source ↗
Year-end resident population across the full municipal statistical scope.
Administrative area · 2025
9,816
sq kmNingbo administrative area source ↗
Official land area; separately reported sea area is excluded.
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: Ningbo statistics source ↗ · Ningbo administrative area source ↗ · Official Ningbo statistical and administrative-area sources.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
81.5 percentNingbo statistics source ↗
Official resident-population urbanisation rate.
Disposable income
77,779 yuan per personNingbo statistics source ↗
All-resident disposable income per person.
Services share
55.5 percentNingbo statistics source ↗
Official tertiary-industry share of GDP.
Population
Which Ningbo?
The resident-population figure covers Ningbo's full municipal statistical territory, including urban districts and county-level areas.
Area
Administrative territory
The official area source reports 9,816 sq km of land. Separately reported sea area is not added to the city-area headline, and the land area is not the built-up footprint.
Economy and systems
A city in context
GDP, resident population, urbanisation, resident income and industry structure use the official 2025 statistical communique. Ningbo-Zhoushan Port anchors the city's global trade and logistics role, while rail, expressway and aviation links connect it to the Yangtze River Delta.
International scale check
Compared with Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Selected for similar economic scale: Minneapolis–Saint Paul, United States.
Not a like-for-like rank
The peer MSA GDP (~US$350.7B, 2023) is close to Ningbo's municipality GDP after indicative USD conversion (~US$268.5B).
Ningbo uses the source-defined full municipal administrative/statistical territory; Minneapolis–Saint Paul uses a multi-county U.S. MSA. Years and boundary types differ, so GDP proximity is a scale reference only.
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Ningbo
Chinese municipality-wide administrative scope
Overseas peer
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN-WI MSA
| Metric | Ningbo | Minneapolis–Saint Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 1.87trillion yuan≈ US$269B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Ningbo statistics source ↗ | 351US$ billionBEA metro GDP via FRED, 2023 ↗ |
| Population | 9.83million peopleNingbo statistics source ↗ | 3.69million peopleU.S. Census Bureau 2020 Census metro geography ↗ |
| Area | 9,816sq kmNingbo administrative area source ↗ | 18,253sq kmU.S. Census Bureau 2020 Census metro geography ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 1,002people / sq km | 202people / 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.