龍江 — UN urban centre
龍江: 146,645 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,150 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11960; 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: 24.553, 117.8896. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 51,146 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 106,530 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 123,342 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 129,778 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 139,448 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 137,897 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 141,147 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 154,829 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 152,262 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 147,356 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 146,645 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 145,112 | Projection |
| 2035 | 143,299 | Projection |
| 2040 | 140,873 | Projection |
| 2045 | 138,136 | Projection |
| 2050 | 134,434 | Projection |
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