Linz — UN urban centre
Linz: 239,484 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,447 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 683; territory: Austria (AUT). 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: 48.2822, 14.2948. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 202,313 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 204,323 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 216,458 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 221,032 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 212,722 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 201,962 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 204,575 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 210,648 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 219,530 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 236,283 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 239,484 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 236,761 | Projection |
| 2035 | 236,037 | Projection |
| 2040 | 234,946 | Projection |
| 2045 | 236,641 | Projection |
| 2050 | 235,076 | Projection |
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