Yutai — UN urban centre
Yutai: 73,833 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #8,440 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10208; 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: 35.0003, 116.6439. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 62,962 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 62,722 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 70,309 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 78,538 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 78,159 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 69,865 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 71,234 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 73,656 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 78,263 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 75,525 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 73,833 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 71,726 | Projection |
| 2035 | 69,617 | Projection |
| 2040 | 67,210 | Projection |
| 2045 | 63,396 | Projection |
| 2050 | 59,246 | Projection |
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