Hürth — UN urban centre
Hürth: 75,925 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #8,203 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1375; 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: 50.8563, 6.8928. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 65,487 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 65,149 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 65,330 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 66,751 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 70,877 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 71,832 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 72,509 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 71,862 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 75,420 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 75,527 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 75,925 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 74,752 | Projection |
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