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Peixian — UN urban centre

158,087

Peixian: 158,087 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,827 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10334; 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: 34.7329, 116.9261. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.

UN population series

YearPeopleMethod
1975172,585Estimate
1980177,211Estimate
1985181,898Estimate
1990190,400Estimate
1995184,057Estimate
2000164,372Estimate
2005161,142Estimate
2010163,636Estimate
2015159,934Estimate
2020163,235Estimate
2025158,087Estimate
2030153,563Projection
2035149,143Projection
2040142,649Projection
2045136,364Projection
2050127,528Projection

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