Zoucheng — UN urban centre
Zoucheng: 447,484 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,243 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10184; 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: 35.4, 116.9561. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 106,932 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 137,486 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 168,046 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 210,579 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 231,148 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 300,842 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 414,106 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 439,115 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 451,250 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 457,623 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 447,484 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 434,840 | Projection |
| 2035 | 419,027 | Projection |
| 2040 | 396,557 | Projection |
| 2045 | 383,124 | Projection |
| 2050 | 315,853 | Projection |
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