Chengdu — UN urban centre
Chengdu: 6,139,874 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #64 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6602; 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: 30.6723, 104.046. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 2,814,167 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 3,199,533 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 3,848,191 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 4,034,973 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 4,898,610 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 5,486,750 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 6,348,881 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 7,127,044 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 6,744,172 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 6,269,015 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 6,139,874 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 5,978,833 | Projection |
| 2035 | 5,819,794 | Projection |
| 2040 | 5,628,796 | Projection |
| 2045 | 5,420,004 | Projection |
| 2050 | 5,216,765 | Projection |
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