Shunyi — UN urban centre
Shunyi: 507,591 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,091 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9102; 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: 40.1222, 116.6271. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 58,371 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 70,626 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 97,681 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 110,787 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 124,741 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 231,840 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 339,197 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 426,451 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 490,144 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 507,591 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 549,980 | Projection |
| 2035 | 560,390 | Projection |
| 2040 | 576,826 | Projection |
| 2045 | 578,097 | Projection |
| 2050 | 575,331 | Projection |
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