Novo Hamburgo — UN urban centre
Novo Hamburgo: 533,686 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,040 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5917; territory: Brazil (BRA). 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: -29.7133, -51.1231. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 178,862 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 283,436 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 335,126 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 383,105 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 437,576 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 474,551 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 504,384 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 518,340 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 531,467 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 534,131 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 533,686 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 531,011 | Projection |
| 2035 | 527,570 | Projection |
| 2040 | 521,499 | Projection |
| 2045 | 515,566 | Projection |
| 2050 | 503,490 | Projection |
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