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Xiuying District — UN urban centre

1,458,377

Xiuying District: 1,458,377 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #347 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11050; 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: 20.0051, 110.3208. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.

UN population series

YearPeopleMethod
1975378,208Estimate
1980448,974Estimate
1985556,485Estimate
1990626,253Estimate
1995790,204Estimate
2000984,942Estimate
20051,184,522Estimate
20101,380,567Estimate
20151,409,088Estimate
20201,447,838Estimate
20251,458,377Estimate
20301,467,986Projection
20351,468,790Projection
20401,463,301Projection
20451,453,164Projection
20501,432,879Projection

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