Resident Population
By the end of 2025, Jiangsu’s resident population was 85.18 million, among which 43.16 million were male and 42.02 million female; 10.55 million people aged 0-14, 58.42 million aged 15-64, and 16.21 million aged 65 and above. The annual birth rate was 4.2‰, and the mortality rate 7.8‰. New-type urbanization advanced steadily. By the year-end, 76.2% of the resident population lived in urban areas, up by 0.7 percentage point over the previous year.
Administrative Division
As of December 31, 2025, Jiangsu was home to 13 prefecture-level cities, 95 counties (consisting of 19 counties, 21 county-level cities, and 55 districts), 718 towns and townships (consisting of 17 townships and 701 towns), and 519 sub-districts. Kunshan City, Taixing City and Shuyang County were under direct jurisdiction of the provincial government on a pilot basis.
Prefecture-level cities | Subdivisions | Districts, counties and county-level cities |
Nanjing | 11 districts | Xuanwu District, Qinhuai District, Jianye District, Gulou District, Pukou District, Qixia District, Yuhuatai District, Jiangning District, Luhe District, Lishui District, and Gaochun District |
Wuxi | 5 districts and 2 county-level cities | Xishan District, Huishan District, Binhu District, Liangxi District, and Xinwu District; Jiangyin City, and Yixing City |
Xuzhou | 5 districts, 3 counties and 2 county-level cities | Gulou District, Yunlong District, Jiawang District, Quanshan District, and Tongshan District; Fengxian County, Peixian County, and Suining County; Xinyi City, and Pizhou City |
Changzhou | 5 districts and 1 county-level city | Tianning District, Zhonglou District, Xinbei District, Wujin District, and Jintan District; Liyang City |
Suzhou | 5 districts and 4 county-level cities | Huqiu District, Wuzhong District, Xiangcheng District, Gusu District, and Wujiang District; Changshu City, Zhangjiagang City, Kunshan City*, and Taicang City |
Nantong | 3 districts, 1 county and 3 county-level cities | Chongchuan District, Tongzhou District, and Haimen District; Rudong County; Qidong City, Rugao City, and Hai’an City |
Lianyungang | 3 districts and 3 counties | Lianyun District, Haizhou District, and Ganyu District; Donghai County, Guanyun County, and Guannan County |
Huai’an | 4 districts and 3 counties | Huai’an District, Huaiyin District, Qingjiangpu District, and Hongze District; Lianshui County, Xuyi County, and Jinhu County |
Yancheng | 3 districts, 5 counties and 1 county-level city | Tinghu District, Yandu District, and Dafeng District; Xiangshui County, Binhai County, Funing County, Sheyang County, and Jianhu County; Dongtai City |
Yangzhou | 3 districts, 1 county and 2 county-level cities | Guangling District, Hanjiang District, and Jiangdu District; Baoying County; Yizheng City, and Gaoyou City |
Zhenjiang | 3 districts and 3 county-level cities | Jingkou District, Runzhou District, and Dantu District; Danyang City, Yangzhong City, and Jurong City |
Taizhou | 3 districts and 3 county-level cities | Hailing District, Gaogang District, and Jiangyan District; Xinghua City, Jingjiang City, and Taixing City* |
Suqian | 2 districts and 3 counties | Sucheng District, and Suyu District; Shuyang County*, Siyang County, and Sihong County |
Notes: Names with the asterisk are counties (county-level cities) under direct jurisdiction of the provincial government on a pilot basis.
