Sichuan
ProvinceCN-SCProvince of China.
AsiaCapital: ChengduSub-region: SouthwestLanguage: Mandarin
Population
83.7M
Metros tracked
9
48.9M in metros (58%)
Composite score
58.5
Sum across tracked metros
Type
Province
ISO 3166-2: CN-SC
At a glance
- Endonym
- 四川省
- Established
- 1952
- Demonym
- Sichuanese
- Area
- 485,000 km²
- Population density
- 173 /km²
- Highest point
- Mount Gongga (7,556 m (24,790 ft))
- Legislature
- Sichuan Provincial People's Congress
- Human Development Index
- 0.771 (2023)
- Rank in China
- 8th of 31 by composite score
- Area rank
- 5th of 31 by area
- Largest tracked metro
- Chengdu
Civic facts via Wikidata.
Sichuan metro footprint
9 metrosLoading map…
Global CapitalContinental MetroMajor MetroRegional HubEstablishedEmergingLocal
Polygons shaded by composite tier. Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted. Some metro footprints may extend beyond the state border where the metropolitan area spans state lines.
9 tracked metros
46.8
20.9MMajor Metro
#745Mianyang
2.54.9MEmerging Metro
#911Nanchong
1.95.6MEmerging Metro
#926Yibin
1.84.6MEmerging Metro
#941Dazhou
1.85.4MEmerging Metro
#973Luzhou
1.74.3MEmerging Metro
#1370Xichang
1.0955KEmerging Metro
#1854Barkam
0.5823KLocal Metro
#1917Ya'an
0.51.4MLocal Metro
| Rank | Metro | Population | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #49 | Chengdu★ Capital | 20.9M | 46.8 | Major Metro |
| #745 | Mianyang | 4.9M | 2.5 | Emerging Metro |
| #911 | Nanchong | 5.6M | 1.9 | Emerging Metro |
| #926 | Yibin | 4.6M | 1.8 | Emerging Metro |
| #941 | Dazhou | 5.4M | 1.8 | Emerging Metro |
| #973 | Luzhou | 4.3M | 1.7 | Emerging Metro |
| #1370 | Xichang | 955K | 1.0 | Emerging Metro |
| #1854 | Barkam | 823K | 0.5 | Local Metro |
| #1917 | Ya'an | 1.4M | 0.5 | Local Metro |