Changyuan — UN urban centre
Changyuan: 225,560 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,611 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9750; 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: 35.1845, 114.6785. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 117,155 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 120,573 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 122,416 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 127,166 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 126,578 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 136,484 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 150,744 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 216,709 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 234,716 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 226,972 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 225,560 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 209,561 | Projection |
| 2035 | 202,950 | Projection |
| 2040 | 198,812 | Projection |
| 2045 | 194,295 | Projection |
| 2050 | 186,575 | Projection |
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