As of 2018, the most populous city in Sichuan Province is Chengdu.
As of 2018, the top ten cities (states) in terms of permanent population in Sichuan Province are: Chengdu, Nanchong, Dazhou, Liangshan, Mianyang, Yibin, Luzhou, Neijiang City, Deyang City, Bazhong City. The sum of the permanent population of 10 cities (prefectures) accounts for 69.2% of the total permanent population of the province.
As of 2018, the permanent population of Chengdu was 16.33 million, of which the urban permanent population was 11.9405 million; the registered population of Chengdu in 2018 was 14.7605 million; the urbanization rate of Chengdu’s permanent population in 2018 73.12%; the urbanization rate of registered population is 60.94%.
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In 2018, Sichuan’s permanent population reached 83.41 million, the registered population was 91.218 million, and the urbanization rate of the registered population was 35.87%. The urbanization rate of the permanent population was 52.29%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points from 2017. Among the permanent population, the urban population is 43.615 million, an increase of 1.449 million from 2017, and the rural population is 39.795 million, a decrease of 1.059 million from 2017.
Sichuan is a multi-ethnic settlement. The Han, Yi, Tibetan, Qiang, Miao, Tujia, Lisu, Naxi, Buyi, Bai, Zhuang and Dai ethnic groups are the permanent residents in the province.
Baidu Encyclopedia - Chengdu City
People's Daily Online - Sichuan's permanent population is 83.41 million, and the inflow of people from outside the province is increasing year by year