Changle — UN urban centre
Changle: 263,138 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,217 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 12086; 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: 25.9836, 119.4848. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 140,916 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 150,224 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 165,221 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 191,391 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 197,222 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 194,077 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 204,182 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 258,284 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 266,587 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 264,217 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 263,138 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 260,586 | Projection |
| 2035 | 257,411 | Projection |
| 2040 | 253,134 | Projection |
| 2045 | 248,203 | Projection |
| 2050 | 241,538 | Projection |
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