How many expats are there living in Shanghai?

Question

Thanks for the response. I guess Wang's 2.5 million is including domestic migrants working in the city. I know there is about 450,000 expats (foreigners only but including HK, Macau & Taiwanese) in 2006. I just trying to find out the number now. :) I'm doing research.

Answer 1

It is a quarter of Shanghai Population. Perhaps, 2.5 million.

Answer 2

There's no way there's 2.5 million expats in Shanghai.  Half a million, maybe.

There are plenty none the less, and English is spoken widely enough so an expat can live easily with little or no Chinese language skills.  

Answer 3

In 2003, it was 200,000, and rose 35% from 2004, so it's 200,000 x (1 + 0.35) ^5 = 896806 in the end of 2008~

Answer 4

beyond your imagination, it's a lot!