GDP · 2025
1.39
trillion yuanXi'an Statistics ↗
Municipality-wide GDP.
Cities · China in Figures
Xi'an in figures
A northwest regional centre with major aerospace, electronics, research, education and cultural-tourism functions.
Resident population · 2025
13.24
million peopleXi'an Statistics ↗
Year-end resident population across the full municipality.
Administrative area · 2026
10,097
sq kmXi'an 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: Xi'an Statistics ↗ · Xi'an area source ↗ · Official Xi'an statistical releases and administrative-area sources.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
81.01 percentXi'an Statistics ↗
Share of resident population classified as urban.
GDP per resident
105,308 yuan per personXi'an Statistics ↗
Official municipality-wide value.
Services share
69.1 percentXi'an Statistics ↗
Tertiary-industry share of GDP.
Population
Which Xi'an?
Resident population covers the full municipal administrative territory, not only the historic core or contiguous built-up area.
Area
Administrative territory
The municipality includes central districts, outer districts, counties and extensive mountain territory.
Economy and systems
A city in context
The current profile uses the official 2025 statistical communique for GDP, population and economic structure. Xi'an is a major northwest rail, aviation and logistics hub.
International scale check
Compared with Portland
Selected for similar economic scale: Portland, United States.
Not a like-for-like rank
The peer MSA GDP (~US$216B, 2023) is close to Xi'an's municipality GDP after indicative USD conversion (~US$199B).
Xi'an is a sub-provincial municipality with extensive outer districts and mountain territory; Portland uses a seven-county MSA. GDP proximity is a scale reference only.
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Xi'an
Chinese municipality-wide administrative scope
Overseas peer
Portland
Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro MSA
| Metric | Xi'an | Portland |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 1.39trillion yuan≈ US$199B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Xi'an Statistics ↗ | 216US$ billionU.S. BEA metro GDP, 2023 ↗ |
| Population | 13.24million peopleXi'an Statistics ↗ | 2.51million peopleU.S. Census Bureau metropolitan population ↗ |
| Area | 10,097sq kmXi'an area source ↗ | 17,319sq kmU.S. Census Bureau metropolitan geography ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 1,311people / sq km | 145people / 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.