Duyun — UN urban centre
Duyun: 191,596 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,136 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9594; 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: 26.2642, 107.5116. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 267,440 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 276,958 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 284,865 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 291,810 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 277,712 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 246,204 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 231,393 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 219,798 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 209,690 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 195,903 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 191,596 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 187,685 | Projection |
| 2035 | 184,348 | Projection |
| 2040 | 178,755 | Projection |
| 2045 | 175,694 | Projection |
| 2050 | 169,910 | Projection |
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