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==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|type=China
|1953|857000
|1964|1583000
|1970|6922918
|1975|7819732
|1980|8225399
|1985|8626770
|1990|9195004
|1995|9715977
|2000|10392531
|2005|10820285
|2010|14047625
|2020|20937757
|2021|21192000
|2022|21268000
|2023|21403000
|footnote = Population size may be affected by changes on administrative divisions. 2021 data is year end estimate. 2022/3 from [https://sc.sina.com.cn/news/b/2024-03-26/detail-inaprfmw9009974.shtml?cre=tianyi&mod=pchp&loc=2&r=0&rfunc=27&tj=cxvertical_pc_hp&tr=12 Sina].
| }}

According to the [[2020 Chinese census]], the municipality had 20,937,757 inhabitants; the metropolitan area itself was home to 16,045,577 inhabitants including those of the 12 urban districts plus Guanghan City (''in Deyang''). Chengdu is the largest city in Sichuan and the fourth largest in China. 21,192,000 for [https://finance.sina.com.cn/china/2022-03-27/doc-imcwiwss8366860.shtml 2021], adding more residents than any other city in the country.

As of 2015, the [[OECD]] (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) estimated the Chengdu metropolitan area's population to be 18.1&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news|author=Justina Crabtree |title=A tale of megacities: China's largest metropolises|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/20/biggest-megacities-in-china.html|work=CNBC|date=20 September 2016|quote=slide 7|access-date=8 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209044105/https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/20/biggest-megacities-in-china.html|archive-date=9 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="oecd2015">{{cite book |url=http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/urban-rural-and-regional-development/oecd-urban-policy-reviews-china-2015_9789264230040-en#page39 |title=OECD Urban Policy Reviews: China 2015, OECD READ edition |date=18 April 2015 |publisher=[[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development|OECD]] |isbn=9789264230033 |page=37 |language=en |doi=10.1787/9789264230040-en |issn=2306-9341 |access-date=8 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327210032/http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/urban-rural-and-regional-development/oecd-urban-policy-reviews-china-2015_9789264230040-en#page39 |archive-date=27 March 2017 |url-status=live |via=OECD iLibrary}} Linked from the OECD here [http://www.oecd.org/china/oecd-urban-policy-reviews-china-2015-9789264230040-en.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209044027/http://www.oecd.org/china/oecd-urban-policy-reviews-china-2015-9789264230040-en.htm|date=9 December 2017}}</ref>