Shaodong — UN urban centre
Shaodong: 178,141 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,397 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10446; 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: 27.2492, 111.737. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 185,131 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 186,616 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 194,459 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 206,727 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 207,742 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 197,064 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 195,540 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 194,840 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 191,875 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 180,370 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 178,141 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 174,915 | Projection |
| 2035 | 172,019 | Projection |
| 2040 | 168,387 | Projection |
| 2045 | 166,003 | Projection |
| 2050 | 162,460 | Projection |
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