Brest — UN urban centre
Brest: 369,414 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,546 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 264; territory: Belarus (BLR). 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: 52.1034, 23.7141. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 148,780 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 200,182 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 238,269 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 276,386 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 288,734 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 300,996 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 318,067 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 327,579 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 351,085 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 377,458 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 369,414 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 363,150 | Projection |
| 2035 | 356,072 | Projection |
| 2040 | 346,965 | Projection |
| 2045 | 339,816 | Projection |
| 2050 | 332,277 | Projection |
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