Rafaela — UN urban centre
Rafaela: 82,587 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #7,538 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3046; 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: -31.2511, -61.4897. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 50,829 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 53,597 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 57,664 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 63,490 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 67,181 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 68,543 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 69,687 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 75,645 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 79,015 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 82,587 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 83,373 | Projection |
| 2035 | 83,939 | Projection |
| 2040 | 86,657 | Projection |
| 2045 | 87,061 | Projection |
| 2050 | 87,000 | Projection |
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