Zhuxi County — UN urban centre
Zhuxi County: 50,031 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #12,131 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9146; 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: 32.3044, 109.7118. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 62,049 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 63,417 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 66,412 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 65,319 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 61,619 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 57,810 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 56,685 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 56,581 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 54,918 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 50,790 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 50,031 | Estimate |
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