Bauru — UN urban centre
Bauru: 351,405 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,630 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6033; 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: -22.3198, -49.0744. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 113,173 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 152,089 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 185,483 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 219,620 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 250,206 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 276,289 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 287,096 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 297,720 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 336,472 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 346,400 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 351,405 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 354,942 | Projection |
| 2035 | 357,031 | Projection |
| 2040 | 357,340 | Projection |
| 2045 | 356,675 | Projection |
| 2050 | 353,851 | Projection |
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