Harbin — UN urban centre
Harbin: 4,376,259 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #96 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9738; 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: 45.7443, 126.659. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,720,659 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,907,299 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 2,144,085 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 2,312,414 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 2,836,329 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 3,475,651 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 3,702,640 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 3,926,703 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 4,127,624 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 4,383,125 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 4,376,259 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 4,347,853 | Projection |
| 2035 | 4,314,624 | Projection |
| 2040 | 4,262,909 | Projection |
| 2045 | 4,214,381 | Projection |
| 2050 | 4,140,927 | Projection |
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