St. John's — UN urban centre
St. John's: 75,562 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #8,241 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4189; 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: 47.5655, -52.7298. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 59,293 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 66,567 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 68,306 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 70,416 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 69,826 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 67,546 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 67,970 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 72,634 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 73,961 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 75,058 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 75,562 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 75,264 | Projection |
| 2035 | 75,195 | Projection |
| 2040 | 74,768 | Projection |
| 2045 | 74,506 | Projection |
| 2050 | 74,033 | Projection |
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