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Danzhou City, 
China
394,343 people lived in Danzhou City in 2025. It is the 1440th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 266th largest in China.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Danzhou City governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Danzhou City grew
For every 10 people in Danzhou City in 1985, there were 71.6 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 388,962 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 2010 and 2015. The UN first counts it as a city in 1985, when it passed 50,000 people.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: one column every five years, 1975 to 2050; its height is the number of people. Hatched columns are the UN's projection. The thin strip beneath says how sure the UN is of each figure: the stronger the colour, the surer. A blank means the place was not on the UN's list of cities that year.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Danzhou City through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Danzhou City in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
China · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: every dot is one of the 2,082 cities in China in 2025, and a dot's area is how many people live there, the biggest being Shanghai. The ringed dot in colour is Danzhou City; the grey dots are the rest. The outlines around them are neighbouring countries.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Danzhou City covered 33 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 7.9 km² of it. That is 20 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 4 by 4 metres. Since 1985, its built-up land has grown to 6.1 times its size, and its people are 7.2 times as many.
How to read this: the outer pale square stands for all the land the city covers, and the solid square inside it for the part with buildings, roads and the like on it. All three squares share a scale, so you can compare them by eye. A hatched one is a year the UN has projected.
Of every 100 people in China
Its share of China
Fewer than 1 in every 1,000 people in China lived in Danzhou City in 2025 — about 1 in 3,571.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 1436 Colorado Springs United States394,888
- 1437 Kanchipuram India394,850
- 1438 Sonipat India394,583
- 1439 Pegu Myanmar394,446
- 1440 Danzhou City394,343
- 1441 Mahesana India394,304
- 1442 Bamenda Cameroon394,155
- 1443 As Samawah Iraq393,865
- 1444 Ezhou393,658
In China, 2025
- 1422 Sanya398,270
- 1423 Pingliang398,221
- 1429 Heze397,886
- 1434 Xinxing395,115
- 1440 Danzhou City394,343
- 1444 Ezhou393,658
- 1449 Jiyuan392,568
- 1454 Zheba390,709
- 1458 Wenling390,282
How to read this: names are in order of size, the leading number being each city's rank among all 12,138 in 2025; the bars share a scale within a list. A jump in the ranks means a city under 300,000 people, which is not given a page here.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Danzhou City are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1985 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Danzhou City publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries