Nanbu — UN urban centre
Nanbu: 176,450 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,424 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7946; 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: 31.3504, 106.053. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 219,694 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 227,970 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 235,176 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 240,739 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 231,822 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 210,159 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 202,987 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 200,530 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 192,127 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 179,829 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 176,450 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 169,337 | Projection |
| 2035 | 165,188 | Projection |
| 2040 | 158,833 | Projection |
| 2045 | 154,330 | Projection |
| 2050 | 148,750 | Projection |
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