Popayán — UN urban centre
Popayán: 227,485 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,584 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 642; 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: 2.4443, -76.6133. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 79,029 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 100,633 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 127,382 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 140,382 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 149,488 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 162,534 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 178,369 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 195,322 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 207,103 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 218,390 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 227,485 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 238,424 | Projection |
| 2035 | 242,228 | Projection |
| 2040 | 246,546 | Projection |
| 2045 | 246,608 | Projection |
| 2050 | 244,921 | Projection |
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