GDP · 2025
0.3
trillion yuanYinchuan statistics source ↗
Municipality-wide GDP.
Cities · China in Figures
Yinchuan in figures
Ningxia’s capital and a Yellow River oasis centre for energy, manufacturing, trade, services and regional administration.
Resident population · 2025
2.94
million peopleYinchuan statistics source ↗
Year-end resident population across the stated municipal scope.
Administrative area · 2025
9,025.4
sq kmYinchuan 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: Yinchuan statistics source ↗ · Yinchuan administrative area source ↗ · Official Yinchuan statistical releases and administrative-area sources.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
84.18 percentYinchuan statistics source ↗
Official resident-population classification.
GDP per resident
103,579 yuan per personYinchuan statistics source ↗
Official municipality-wide value.
Services share
50.9 percentYinchuan statistics source ↗
Tertiary-industry share of GDP.
Population
Which Yinchuan?
Resident population and urbanisation cover the full municipality, including districts, counties and county-level territory.
Area
Administrative territory
The official yearbook reports 9,025.38 sq km for the municipal administrative territory; this is not built-up area.
Economy and systems
A city in context
GDP, population, urbanisation, GDP per capita and industry structure use the official 2025 statistical communique. Yinchuan is Ningxia’s principal rail, aviation, expressway and logistics hub along the upper Yellow River.
International scale check
Compared with Boise
Selected for similar economic scale: Boise, United States.
Not a like-for-like rank
Boise City MSA GDP (US$55.3B, 2023) is within the same scale as Yinchuan municipality GDP after indicative USD conversion (about US$43.5B).
Yinchuan is a regional capital with broad oasis and rural territory; Boise uses a multi-county U.S. MSA boundary.
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Yinchuan
Chinese municipality-wide administrative scope
Overseas peer
Boise
Boise City MSA
| Metric | Yinchuan | Boise |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 0.3trillion yuan≈ US$44B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Yinchuan statistics source ↗ | 55US$ billionBEA metro GDP via FRED ↗ |
| Population | 2.94million peopleYinchuan statistics source ↗ | 0.82million peopleU.S. Census Bureau metro population estimate ↗ |
| Area | 9,025sq kmYinchuan administrative area source ↗ | 30,411sq kmU.S. Census Bureau metropolitan gazetteer ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 326people / sq km | 27people / 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.