Montreal — UN urban centre
Montreal: 2,668,723 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #187 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3645; territory: Canada (CAN). 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: 45.5364, -73.666. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,682,973 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,686,247 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 1,782,683 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 1,979,078 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 2,069,673 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 2,117,518 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 2,319,676 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 2,416,535 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 2,482,750 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 2,569,951 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 2,668,723 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 2,705,897 | Projection |
| 2035 | 2,731,223 | Projection |
| 2040 | 2,755,063 | Projection |
| 2045 | 2,767,652 | Projection |
| 2050 | 2,773,659 | Projection |
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