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Zheba, 
China
390,709 people lived in Zheba in 2025. It is the 1454th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 269th largest in China.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Zheba 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 Zheba grew
For every 10 people in Zheba in 1975, there were 43.7 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 339,112 people in 2050. It passed 250,000 people between 1995 and 2000.
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
Zheba through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Zheba in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
China · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Zheba is the dot in colour with a ring around it. The grey dots are the other cities of China in 2025, 2,082 in all, led by Shanghai, each drawn with an area that matches its people. Countries next door are outlines only.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Zheba covered 42 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 6.8 km² of it. That is 17 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 4 by 4 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown to 6.2 times its size, and its people are 4.4 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 Zheba in 2025 — about 1 in 3,571.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 1450 Motihari India392,303
- 1451 Corrientes Argentina392,082
- 1452 Nadiad India391,934
- 1453 Juba South Sudan391,311
- 1454 Zheba390,709
- 1455 Cardiff United Kingdom390,692
- 1456 Takht Bhai Pakistan390,608
- 1457 Kassala Sudan390,525
- 1458 Wenling390,282
In China, 2025
- 1434 Xinxing395,115
- 1440 Danzhou City394,343
- 1444 Ezhou393,658
- 1449 Jiyuan392,568
- 1454 Zheba390,709
- 1458 Wenling390,282
- 1472 Changping386,664
- 1476 Yongkang385,247
- 1477 Fuqing385,081
How to read this: the number before each name is its place among all 12,138 cities in the world in 2025; bars are people, on one scale per list. Only cities that reach 300,000 people have a page here, so a gap in the numbers is a smaller city.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Zheba are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 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 Zheba 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