Daqing — UN urban centre
Daqing: 405,480 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,394 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9184; 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: 46.5812, 125.1205. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 84,505 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 94,757 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 106,710 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 121,011 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 221,479 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 310,379 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 333,665 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 355,790 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 367,958 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 406,253 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 405,480 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 402,435 | Projection |
| 2035 | 398,988 | Projection |
| 2040 | 393,832 | Projection |
| 2045 | 389,898 | Projection |
| 2050 | 381,835 | Projection |
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