Mendoza — UN urban centre
Mendoza: 1,027,849 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #495 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 198; territory: Argentina (ARG). 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: -32.9029, -68.8292. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 467,728 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 520,593 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 581,423 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 650,595 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 731,634 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 775,549 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 806,244 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 862,027 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 942,231 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,019,446 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,027,849 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,059,291 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,070,967 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,078,983 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,088,863 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,088,561 | Projection |
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