Shaobo — UN urban centre
Shaobo: 56,454 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #10,908 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11362; 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: 32.5276, 119.5119. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 67,373 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 66,728 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 66,265 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 69,645 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 67,123 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 60,558 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 60,957 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 59,745 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 58,584 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 56,463 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 56,454 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 56,129 | Projection |
| 2035 | 55,515 | Projection |
| 2040 | 54,664 | Projection |
| 2045 | 53,578 | Projection |
| 2050 | 52,117 | Projection |
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