Dangyang — UN urban centre
Dangyang: 131,419 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,650 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9876; 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: 30.8256, 111.7832. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 186,598 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 189,984 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 189,545 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 189,294 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 186,731 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 170,484 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 176,113 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 174,026 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 166,524 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 151,714 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 131,419 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 126,969 | Projection |
| 2035 | 119,670 | Projection |
| 2040 | 115,464 | Projection |
| 2045 | 111,472 | Projection |
| 2050 | 105,242 | Projection |
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