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Zhangjiakou — UN urban centre population

Modelled live estimate · UN 2025–2026 annual growth
606,124
Recorded base: 606,124 · 2025 annual estimate

Zhangjiakou has a recorded base population of 606,124 for the UN urban centre definition (2025 annual estimate). UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; the moving counter uses UN 2025–2026 annual growth, not new population observations.

At a glance

Population definitionUN urban centre
Recorded population606,124
Country share0.04% of 1,406,585,000 (World Bank 2025)
World share0.007% of 8,215,424,893 (World Bank 2025)
Country database rank#128 of 538 UN urban centre records
World database rank#705 of 5,233 UN urban centre records

Separate UN urban-centre definition

Zhangjiakou UN urban centre: 606,124 people (2025), equal to the displayed UN urban centre figure of 606,124. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 692,602; the UN value is smaller (different boundaries; GeoNames population date unavailable). UN WUP 2025 Degree of Urbanisation; not a municipal/province boundary. Association: name/country/coordinates matched; boundary relationship unverified. No containment claim is made.

Comparable database records

Same definition label: UN urban centre. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 606,124 as denominator.

PlacePopulationvs Zhangjiakou
Anqiu605,324−0.1%
Ottawa605,121−0.2%
Bihār Sharīf607,401+0.2%
Zhaoqing607,624+0.2%
Beira608,097+0.3%

About these numbers

Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025. Reference: 2025 annual estimate. Live method: exponential projection from modelling anchor 2025-01-01 using UN 2025–2026 annual growth (−0.37% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 606,124, not the ticking estimate. Country/world denominators are World Bank values and can differ in date and method from local/UN values. Ranks cover only records with the same definition label in this database, not all cities in the world.

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