Meishan — UN urban centre
Meishan: 94,939 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,507 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10702; 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: 31.6884, 115.8768. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 118,313 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 124,344 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 128,281 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 132,557 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 129,438 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 115,863 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 111,193 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 107,936 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 103,622 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 97,924 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 94,939 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 91,422 | Projection |
| 2035 | 87,877 | Projection |
| 2040 | 83,956 | Projection |
| 2045 | 79,179 | Projection |
| 2050 | 75,251 | Projection |
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