São Carlos — UN urban centre
São Carlos: 223,452 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,643 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6681; 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: -22.02, -47.8947. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 69,603 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 95,120 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 108,698 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 129,345 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 147,469 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 167,146 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 179,243 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 196,945 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 209,344 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 219,963 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 223,452 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 226,007 | Projection |
| 2035 | 227,546 | Projection |
| 2040 | 227,950 | Projection |
| 2045 | 227,631 | Projection |
| 2050 | 225,934 | Projection |
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