Zhongshan — UN urban centre
Zhongshan: 1,326,078 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #385 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11420; 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: 22.5344, 113.3793. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 143,994 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 183,898 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 227,591 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 437,802 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 872,758 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,044,256 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,100,781 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,174,128 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,229,929 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,326,078 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,363,381 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,385,015 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,400,714 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,404,289 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,398,057 | Projection |
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