Yitang — UN urban centre
Yitang: 555,576 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #988 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10664; 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: 34.3193, 117.9573. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 121,222 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 287,064 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 303,033 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 278,098 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 445,987 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 593,804 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 555,576 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 513,650 | Projection |
| 2035 | 498,300 | Projection |
| 2040 | 483,664 | Projection |
| 2045 | 469,636 | Projection |
| 2050 | 450,892 | Projection |
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