Diaobingshan — UN urban centre
Diaobingshan: 143,343 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,261 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10010; territory: China (CHN). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 42.4626, 123.5563. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 152,631 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 160,995 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 171,327 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 181,625 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 180,338 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 162,326 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 157,603 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 153,057 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 149,999 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 145,424 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 143,343 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 140,459 | Projection |
| 2035 | 137,866 | Projection |
| 2040 | 130,211 | Projection |
| 2045 | 127,094 | Projection |
| 2050 | 121,013 | Projection |
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