Hefei — UN urban centre
Hefei: 4,867,000 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #87 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10990; 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: 31.8472, 117.2671. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,189,878 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,511,389 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 1,841,098 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 2,179,723 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 2,522,354 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 3,019,019 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 3,345,166 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 3,533,032 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 4,201,656 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 4,857,617 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 4,867,000 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 4,852,856 | Projection |
| 2035 | 4,786,746 | Projection |
| 2040 | 4,709,388 | Projection |
| 2045 | 4,596,472 | Projection |
| 2050 | 4,484,853 | Projection |
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