Antwerp — UN urban centre
Antwerp: 652,506 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #832 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1266; territory: Belgium (BEL). 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: 51.2137, 4.4213. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 457,605 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 478,574 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 482,386 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 515,863 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 523,758 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 533,357 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 553,794 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 604,977 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 628,651 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 640,224 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 652,506 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 654,673 | Projection |
| 2035 | 656,287 | Projection |
| 2040 | 657,302 | Projection |
| 2045 | 657,920 | Projection |
| 2050 | 656,390 | Projection |
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