Qili — UN urban centre
Qili: 318,490 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,805 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7718; 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: 33.0885, 107.0235. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 88,277 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 102,269 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 117,728 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 143,636 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 237,748 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 354,585 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 360,788 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 351,650 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 338,548 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 323,464 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 318,490 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 311,769 | Projection |
| 2035 | 307,583 | Projection |
| 2040 | 302,079 | Projection |
| 2045 | 297,633 | Projection |
| 2050 | 291,109 | Projection |
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