Mingachevir — UN urban centre
Mingachevir: 136,103 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,482 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 732; territory: Azerbaijan (AZE). 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: 40.7667, 47.0204. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 85,699 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 90,821 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 97,676 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 103,492 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 113,656 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 119,726 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 124,020 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 130,252 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 135,240 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 135,305 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 136,103 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 139,671 | Projection |
| 2035 | 141,609 | Projection |
| 2040 | 142,889 | Projection |
| 2045 | 143,737 | Projection |
| 2050 | 145,169 | Projection |
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