Tianjin — UN urban centre
Tianjin: 7,285,342 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #47 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9414; 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: 39.1327, 117.1942. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 2,567,069 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 2,629,780 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 2,802,082 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 3,002,887 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 3,617,716 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 4,302,429 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 4,999,108 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 5,717,356 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 6,769,579 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 7,042,294 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 7,285,342 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 7,451,187 | Projection |
| 2035 | 7,545,363 | Projection |
| 2040 | 7,644,667 | Projection |
| 2045 | 7,687,062 | Projection |
| 2050 | 7,645,279 | Projection |
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