Dongying — UN urban centre
Dongying: 343,003 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,666 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10104; 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: 37.4474, 118.5104. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 51,102 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 70,309 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 116,311 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 171,637 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 217,953 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 275,685 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 297,441 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 313,830 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 330,679 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 345,687 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 343,003 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 338,397 | Projection |
| 2035 | 333,937 | Projection |
| 2040 | 328,046 | Projection |
| 2045 | 321,648 | Projection |
| 2050 | 313,005 | Projection |
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