Hangzhou — UN urban centre
Hangzhou: 7,500,208 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #45 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11700; 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: 30.2813, 120.2512. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,113,616 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,199,594 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 1,586,242 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 2,227,238 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 3,369,526 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 4,964,897 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 5,788,862 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 6,706,744 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 6,862,416 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 6,863,540 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 7,500,208 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 8,137,733 | Projection |
| 2035 | 8,612,453 | Projection |
| 2040 | 9,061,837 | Projection |
| 2045 | 9,339,732 | Projection |
| 2050 | 9,624,602 | Projection |
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