China urban geography:
- Five largest cities: #1: Guangzhou, #2: Shanghai, #3: Beijing, #4: Shantou, #5: Shenzen
- Population of largest city: 11.51 million
- Rank size rule: #2: 22,147,122 , #3: 14,764,748 , #4: 11,073,561 , #5: 8,858,849
- Actual population: #2: 27,965,403 , #3: 19,785,051 , #4: 11,630,447 , #5: 10,357,938
- In this case, the rank size rule proves to be just about correct. The population figures in the rank size rule aren't that far off of the numbers of the actual size. The farthest number from the actual population size is the fifth largest city, Shenzen.
- Population: 1.351 billion
- Population density: 144.1
- % urban population: 50.6%
- % urban population living in slums: 28.2%
- Average % change in urban population: 89.36%
- % with improved urban sanitation: 74.1%
- % with improved urban water supply: 91.70%
- Education: pupil to teacher ratio: 16.79