Sao Jose dos Campos — UN urban centre
Sao Jose dos Campos: 536,073 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,031 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7574; 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: -23.2142, -45.8931. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 119,878 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 201,199 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 239,027 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 283,610 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 339,706 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 398,713 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 431,593 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 462,757 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 496,797 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 522,294 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 536,073 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 540,153 | Projection |
| 2035 | 542,220 | Projection |
| 2040 | 541,584 | Projection |
| 2045 | 539,082 | Projection |
| 2050 | 533,317 | Projection |
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