Linxia — UN urban centre
Linxia: 235,932 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,490 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4448; 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: 35.5979, 103.2047. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 197,990 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 212,795 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 220,153 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 240,085 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 240,200 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 225,366 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 231,222 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 249,284 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 247,677 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 239,745 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 235,932 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 232,130 | Projection |
| 2035 | 228,973 | Projection |
| 2040 | 224,835 | Projection |
| 2045 | 221,185 | Projection |
| 2050 | 215,990 | Projection |
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