Kaifeng — UN urban centre
Kaifeng: 1,087,088 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #473 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9726; 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: 34.7983, 114.3438. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 417,350 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 442,133 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 474,890 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 539,293 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 626,198 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 681,289 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 719,862 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 718,665 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 860,415 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,093,323 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,087,088 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,068,543 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,039,186 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,019,891 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,000,138 | Projection |
| 2050 | 974,919 | Projection |
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