Chengdu
867 km²
Nanchong
89 km²
Chengdu covers 867 km² of contiguous built-up land, 9.7× the built-up area of Nanchong (89 km²).
| Chengdu | Nanchong | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Chengdu | Nanchong |
| Population (2025) | 5.61 million | 1.11 million |
| Built-up area | 867 km² | 89 km² |
| Density | 6,470 /km² | 12,481 /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.