Beijing
2,179 km²
Taiyuan
367 km²
City Map Compare/Beijing vs Taiyuanvs
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Beijing covers 2,179 km² of contiguous built-up land, 5.9× the built-up area of Taiyuan (367 km²).
| Beijing | Taiyuan | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Beijing | Taiyuan |
| Population (2025) | 18.2 million | 4.33 million |
| Built-up area | 2,179 km² | 367 km² |
| Density | 8,330 /km² | 11,804 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.