Pforzheim — UN urban centre
Pforzheim: 91,076 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,808 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3849; 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: 48.8886, 8.6928. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 66,767 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 72,967 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 70,755 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 78,275 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 84,597 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 82,342 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 85,799 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 83,797 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 84,672 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 88,495 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 91,076 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 88,798 | Projection |
| 2035 | 88,375 | Projection |
| 2040 | 87,944 | Projection |
| 2045 | 87,516 | Projection |
| 2050 | 86,937 | Projection |
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