Wuppertal — UN urban centre
Wuppertal: 662,663 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #820 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1269; territory: Germany (DEU). 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: 51.2196, 7.1003. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 697,390 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 681,561 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 666,227 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 711,196 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 721,392 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 702,608 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 670,189 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 640,519 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 642,175 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 658,543 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 662,663 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 651,149 | Projection |
| 2035 | 643,784 | Projection |
| 2040 | 636,363 | Projection |
| 2045 | 629,337 | Projection |
| 2050 | 621,225 | Projection |
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