Jiang’an — UN urban centre
Jiang’an: 50,769 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #12,030 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8527; 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: 28.7323, 105.067. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 79,464 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 81,262 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 82,293 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 83,134 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 78,554 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 69,716 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 65,923 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 62,105 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 59,458 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 53,347 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 50,769 | Estimate |
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