Wangkui — UN urban centre
Wangkui: 88,870 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,982 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9404; 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: 46.8322, 126.4804. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 76,955 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 81,039 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 84,935 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 89,379 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 91,285 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 85,658 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 87,055 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 89,244 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 91,237 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 89,129 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 88,870 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 88,114 | Projection |
| 2035 | 87,285 | Projection |
| 2040 | 86,083 | Projection |
| 2045 | 85,070 | Projection |
| 2050 | 83,464 | Projection |
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