Anshun — UN urban centre
Anshun: 499,794 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,106 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9188; 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: 26.2506, 105.9384. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 71,694 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 102,109 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 148,839 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 221,045 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 293,914 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 370,271 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 369,589 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 356,844 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 419,415 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 506,801 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 499,794 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 489,987 | Projection |
| 2035 | 481,742 | Projection |
| 2040 | 471,432 | Projection |
| 2045 | 463,800 | Projection |
| 2050 | 444,915 | Projection |
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