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Why these 20
City population from Wikidata's preferred figure (usually the latest census or official estimate). City limits differ a lot between countries, so compare within a country first.
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Suzhou
苏州市
prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, China, former capital of the kingdom of Wu
12,748,262 · 🇨🇳 People's Republic of China
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Nanjing
南京市
capital city of Jiangsu Province, China, former capital of the Republic of China and China's Ming dynasty
9,314,685 · 🇨🇳 People's Republic of China
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Nantong
南通市
Prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, China, on the north side of the mouth of the Yangtze River
7,726,635 · 🇨🇳 People's Republic of China
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Yangzhou
扬州市
prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
4,559,797 · 🇨🇳 People's Republic of China
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How it is measured
Wikidata: cities and big cities with 300,000 people or more.
References
- Wikidata query: cities by population, Wikidata (CC0). Checked 2026-10-19 23:23 UTC.
Jiangsu: more top 20s here
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Photo: Shinjuku skyline, Tokyo - Sony A7R (11831328835) by Luke Ma from Taipei, Taiwan ROC, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures in rows: Wikimedia Commons, GitHub and the linked pages.