China’s 18th city with a population of 10 million was born

On March 10, the Anhui Provincial Bureau of Statistics released a bulletin on the main data of the sample survey on population changes in Anhui Province in 2024.

The bulletin shows that at the end of 2024, the permanent population of Anhui Province will be 61.23 million, an increase of 20,000 people over the previous year, an increase of 0.03%. The bulletin released the permanent population of 16 cities, of which Hefei has a permanent population of 10.02 million and an urbanization rate of 86.38%.

The above news shows that the permanent population of Hefei, the capital of Anhui Province, has exceeded 10 million. Hefei has thus become the 18th city in my country with a permanent population of over 10 million.

As of the end of 2024, the 17 cities with a population of more than 10 million are: Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Tianjin, Xi’an, Suzhou, Zhengzhou, Hangzhou, Shijiazhuang, Linyi, Dongguan, Changsha, and Qingdao.