Feira de Santana — UN urban centre
Feira de Santana: 529,185 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,049 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8320; 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: -12.2514, -38.9614. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 151,487 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 210,653 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 262,800 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 316,399 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 360,931 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 405,506 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 436,490 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 468,561 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 503,923 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 528,363 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 529,185 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 527,795 | Projection |
| 2035 | 525,910 | Projection |
| 2040 | 521,402 | Projection |
| 2045 | 516,632 | Projection |
| 2050 | 508,734 | Projection |
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