GDP · 2025
0.19
trillion yuanXining statistics source ↗
Municipality-wide GDP.
Cities · China in Figures
Xining in figures
Qinghai’s capital and a high-altitude centre for clean energy, materials, services, tourism and plateau transport.
Resident population · 2025
2.48
million peopleXining statistics source ↗
Year-end resident population across the stated municipal scope.
Administrative area · 2026
7,660
sq kmXining 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: Xining statistics source ↗ · Xining administrative area source ↗ · Official Xining statistical releases and administrative-area sources.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
81.18 percentXining statistics source ↗
Official resident-population classification.
Disposable income
38,727 yuan per personXining statistics source ↗
All-resident disposable income.
Services share
58.7 percentXining statistics source ↗
Tertiary-industry share of GDP.
Population
Which Xining?
Resident population and urbanisation use the official 2025 statistical communique for the full municipality.
Area
Administrative territory
The official city overview gives 7,660 sq km for the municipal territory; it is not the continuously built-up urban footprint.
Economy and systems
A city in context
GDP, population, urbanisation, resident income and industry structure use the official 2025 statistical communique. Xining is the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau’s principal rail, aviation and road gateway.
International scale check
Compared with College Station–Bryan
Selected for similar economic scale: College Station–Bryan, United States.
Not a like-for-like rank
College Station–Bryan MSA GDP (US$19.6B, 2023) is within 1.5 times Xining municipality GDP after indicative USD conversion (about US$27.5B).
Xining is a high-altitude provincial capital with a broad municipal territory; the peer is a two-county U.S. MSA.
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Xining
Chinese municipality-wide administrative scope
Overseas peer
College Station–Bryan
College Station–Bryan MSA
| Metric | Xining | College Station–Bryan |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 0.19trillion yuan≈ US$27B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Xining statistics source ↗ | 20US$ billionBEA metro GDP via FRED ↗ |
| Population | 2.48million peopleXining statistics source ↗ | 0.27million peopleU.S. Census Bureau metro population estimate ↗ |
| Area | 7,660sq kmXining administrative area source ↗ | 5,541sq kmU.S. Census Bureau metropolitan gazetteer ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 323people / sq km | 49people / 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.