Xianning — UN urban centre
Xianning: 274,146 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,117 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10640; 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: 29.8764, 114.3007. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 124,568 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 162,714 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 227,183 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 314,131 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 313,795 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 298,466 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 281,114 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 282,216 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 274,146 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 264,541 | Projection |
| 2035 | 256,663 | Projection |
| 2040 | 217,474 | Projection |
| 2045 | 210,034 | Projection |
| 2050 | 201,126 | Projection |
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