Dalian — UN urban centre
Dalian: 2,796,248 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #178 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10452; 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: 38.9379, 121.5594. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,257,894 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,307,777 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 1,445,234 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 1,636,616 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 1,908,973 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 2,214,453 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 2,366,067 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 2,490,568 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 2,610,432 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 2,775,053 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 2,796,248 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 2,797,929 | Projection |
| 2035 | 2,785,692 | Projection |
| 2040 | 2,761,520 | Projection |
| 2045 | 2,726,389 | Projection |
| 2050 | 2,672,217 | Projection |
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