Pingquan — UN urban centre
Pingquan: 102,421 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,038 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9346; 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: 41.0068, 118.6901. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 86,080 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 89,995 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 93,142 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 99,256 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 100,265 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 95,127 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 93,737 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 102,250 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 102,023 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 99,010 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 102,421 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 105,258 | Projection |
| 2035 | 106,989 | Projection |
| 2040 | 109,805 | Projection |
| 2045 | 110,023 | Projection |
| 2050 | 109,472 | Projection |
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