Sha Tin — UN urban centre
Sha Tin: 674,476 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #806 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11590; territory: Hong Kong (HKG). 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: 22.3933, 114.2039. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 378,093 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 427,251 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 467,746 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 486,917 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 549,406 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 597,517 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 618,015 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 643,760 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 670,688 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 682,727 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 674,476 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 661,732 | Projection |
| 2035 | 644,031 | Projection |
| 2040 | 623,222 | Projection |
| 2045 | 594,689 | Projection |
| 2050 | 557,903 | Projection |
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