Dancheng — UN urban centre
Dancheng: 118,284 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #5,202 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10132; 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: 33.6469, 115.1859. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 133,338 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 151,077 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 161,028 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 168,315 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 159,164 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 144,780 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 137,523 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 132,228 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 128,640 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 122,323 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 118,284 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 113,582 | Projection |
| 2035 | 108,380 | Projection |
| 2040 | 99,837 | Projection |
| 2045 | 94,825 | Projection |
| 2050 | 90,686 | Projection |
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