Changsha
423 km²
Wuhan
772 km²
Wuhan covers 772 km² of contiguous built-up land, 1.8× the built-up area of Changsha (423 km²).
| Changsha | Wuhan | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Changsha | Wuhan |
| Population (2025) | 3.25 million | 8.08 million |
| Built-up area | 423 km² | 772 km² |
| Density | 7,676 /km² | 10,466 /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.