Huai'an District — UN urban centre
Huai'an District: 480,263 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,155 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11114; 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: 33.514, 119.1411. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 53,633 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 65,982 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 86,498 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 106,814 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 175,906 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 285,853 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 289,694 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 268,048 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 347,987 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 479,855 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 480,263 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 477,980 | Projection |
| 2035 | 473,570 | Projection |
| 2040 | 467,131 | Projection |
| 2045 | 434,325 | Projection |
| 2050 | 422,527 | Projection |
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