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China
Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#1out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

933 M729 M524 M319 M115 M196019932025China · 2025: 933.17MChina

Analytical takeaways

  • China records 933.17M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #1 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 131.72M in 1960 to 933.17M in 2025, a gain of 801.45M.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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