Río Gallegos — UN urban centre
Río Gallegos: 130,981 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,664 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4644; 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: -51.6288, -69.2271. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 64,654 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 74,757 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 81,361 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 89,734 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 103,606 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 122,075 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 130,981 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 140,099 | Projection |
| 2035 | 163,980 | Projection |
| 2040 | 173,912 | Projection |
| 2045 | 187,263 | Projection |
| 2050 | 197,048 | Projection |
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