GDP · 2025
2.21
trillion yuanWuhan Statistics ↗
Municipality-wide GDP
Cities · China in Figures
Wuhan in figures
Hubei’s capital and a major central-China industrial, scientific, educational and transport hub.
Resident population · 2025
13.86
million peopleWuhan Statistics ↗
Latest formal resident population
Administrative area · 2025
8,569.2
sq kmWuhan Government ↗
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: Wuhan Statistics ↗ · Wuhan Government ↗ · Official city releases and administrative overview.chinainfigures.com
Disposable income
62,530 yuan per personWuhan Statistics ↗
All residents.
GDP per resident
159,771 yuan per personWuhan GDP-per-resident inputs ↗
Derived from same-year official GDP and year-end resident population.
Urbanisation
85.22 percentWuhan Statistics ↗
Resident-population classification.
Population
Which Wuhan?
The resident-population figure covers the full administrative city.
Area
Administrative territory
Administrative area includes urban, suburban and rural territory.
Economy and systems
A city in context
Wuhan 2025 GDP and industry structure come from the official statistical communique. Urban rail lines reached 578 km in 2025.
International scale check
Compared with San Diego
Selected for similar economic scale: San Diego, United States.
Not a like-for-like rank
San Diego MSA GDP (~US$315B, 2023) is close to Wuhan’s municipality GDP after USD conversion (~US$318B).
Wuhan is a prefecture-level municipality; San Diego uses a U.S. MSA boundary. GDP years and local-price bases differ.
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Wuhan
Chinese municipality-wide administrative scope
Overseas peer
San Diego
San Diego–Chula Vista–Carlsbad MSA
| Metric | Wuhan | San Diego |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 2.21trillion yuan≈ US$318B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Wuhan Statistics ↗ | 315US$ billionBEA metro GDP (via Wikipedia list) ↗ |
| Population | 13.86million peopleWuhan Statistics ↗ | 3.29million peopleU.S. Census Bureau MSA estimate ↗ |
| Area | 8,569sq kmWuhan Government ↗ | 10,878sq kmU.S. Census Bureau gazetteer (MSA land area) ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 1,618people / sq km | 302people / 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.