Chengdu
867 km²
Xining
146 km²
City Map Compare/Chengdu vs Xiningvs
vs
5 km
Chengdu covers 867 km² of contiguous built-up land, 5.9× the built-up area of Xining (146 km²).
| Chengdu | Xining | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Chengdu | Xining |
| Population (2025) | 5.61 million | 1.42 million |
| Built-up area | 867 km² | 146 km² |
| Density | 6,470 /km² | 9,751 /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.