Manta — UN urban centre
Manta: 287,756 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,026 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 187; territory: Ecuador (ECU). 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: -0.969, -80.7126. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 139,226 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 150,908 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 164,198 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 178,367 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 192,349 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 203,544 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 230,313 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 246,647 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 261,123 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 275,856 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 287,756 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 300,917 | Projection |
| 2035 | 310,876 | Projection |
| 2040 | 323,387 | Projection |
| 2045 | 343,061 | Projection |
| 2050 | 353,482 | Projection |
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