Geneva — UN urban centre
Geneva: 436,587 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,277 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 60; territory: Switzerland (CHE). 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: 46.2013, 6.1372. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 220,138 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 221,899 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 252,175 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 295,020 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 309,868 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 331,220 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 355,109 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 373,237 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 392,785 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 411,759 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 436,587 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 442,497 | Projection |
| 2035 | 448,433 | Projection |
| 2040 | 450,208 | Projection |
| 2045 | 451,861 | Projection |
| 2050 | 452,921 | Projection |
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