Longgang — UN urban centre
Longgang: 106,869 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #5,783 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10512; 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: 37.6564, 120.3285. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 125,377 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 130,194 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 134,562 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 139,811 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 137,671 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 128,474 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 124,226 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 120,563 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 124,766 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 107,315 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 106,869 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 105,824 | Projection |
| 2035 | 104,314 | Projection |
| 2040 | 102,356 | Projection |
| 2045 | 100,200 | Projection |
| 2050 | 97,344 | Projection |
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