Bucaramanga — UN urban centre
Bucaramanga: 939,291 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #555 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4679; territory: Colombia (COL). 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: 7.1037, -73.1128. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 385,053 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 433,046 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 482,671 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 552,652 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 618,025 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 666,695 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 719,423 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 771,797 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 826,011 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 881,896 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 939,291 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 978,443 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,001,627 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,021,241 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,028,475 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,026,970 | Projection |
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