Huozhou — UN urban centre
Huozhou: 136,825 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,452 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8785; 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: 36.5726, 111.7294. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 89,166 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 99,116 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 113,229 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 124,490 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 129,498 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 126,934 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 130,658 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 137,616 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 140,513 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 137,940 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 136,825 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 134,943 | Projection |
| 2035 | 133,060 | Projection |
| 2040 | 130,607 | Projection |
| 2045 | 128,674 | Projection |
| 2050 | 118,262 | Projection |
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