Madrid — UN urban centre
Madrid: 5,583,601 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #72 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3440; territory: Spain (ESP). 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: 40.4052, -3.7076. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 2,951,852 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 3,248,763 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 3,359,138 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 3,410,930 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 3,623,277 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 3,920,824 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 4,251,731 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 4,586,097 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 5,001,339 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 5,489,078 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 5,583,601 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 5,624,369 | Projection |
| 2035 | 5,639,926 | Projection |
| 2040 | 5,641,813 | Projection |
| 2045 | 5,629,195 | Projection |
| 2050 | 5,588,668 | Projection |
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