Adelaide — UN urban centre
Adelaide: 879,249 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #592 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1003; territory: Australia (AUS). 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: -34.8888, 138.5863. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 443,454 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 570,816 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 617,555 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 675,002 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 691,255 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 707,798 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 731,847 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 782,040 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 826,415 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 860,979 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 879,249 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 898,194 | Projection |
| 2035 | 937,504 | Projection |
| 2040 | 977,452 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,007,250 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,029,529 | Projection |
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