Lhasa — UN urban centre
Lhasa: 216,372 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,729 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3366; 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: 29.6591, 91.1221. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 53,577 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 59,788 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 95,369 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 148,091 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 163,568 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 183,225 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 196,585 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 214,960 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 216,372 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 220,973 | Projection |
| 2035 | 221,399 | Projection |
| 2040 | 220,877 | Projection |
| 2045 | 220,746 | Projection |
| 2050 | 217,606 | Projection |
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