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Research · 2026-08-17

City Profile

Shenzhen

Shenzhen in numbers — economics, housing, urban form, mobility, beside the national average.


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Shenzhen holds 17,560,000 residents on 790 square miles — 13,451 to the square mile.

Overview
City Name Shenzhen
Country China
Area Km2 1,997
Land Area Sq Miles 790
Population 17,560,000
Population Density Per Sqmi 13,451
Population Growth Rate 1 3.5
Metropolitan Population 17,560,000
Daytime Population 20,000,000
Median Household Income 85,000
World Comparison
Guangzhou (China) 18,676,605 — 106% of Shenzhen
Tokyo (Japan) 13,960,000 — 79% of Shenzhen
Mumbai (India) 12,500,000 — 71% of Shenzhen

Compiled 2026-11-01 from the urbanicity research tables.

1 Population Growth Rate — Annualized rate, recent period.

PERMANENT REFERENCE · https://research.urbanicity.space/r/7e7e52ff-2a2a-4cc9-ab9d-4694bd9eac2a