Jianshan — UN urban centre
Jianshan: 195,003 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,083 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10404; 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: 46.6268, 131.1401. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 131,751 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 141,757 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 156,022 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 191,512 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 197,136 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 200,531 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 198,040 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 199,194 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 199,456 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 197,499 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 195,003 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 191,413 | Projection |
| 2035 | 185,497 | Projection |
| 2040 | 181,878 | Projection |
| 2045 | 161,874 | Projection |
| 2050 | 157,576 | Projection |
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