Jixi — UN urban centre
Jixi: 412,341 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,366 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10790; 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: 45.3075, 130.966. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 271,725 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 334,447 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 409,196 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 491,085 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 491,770 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 489,032 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 476,469 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 462,706 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 440,672 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 426,294 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 412,341 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 402,086 | Projection |
| 2035 | 393,330 | Projection |
| 2040 | 382,888 | Projection |
| 2045 | 372,772 | Projection |
| 2050 | 358,529 | Projection |
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