Castelló de la Plana — UN urban centre
Castelló de la Plana: 141,153 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,320 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4685; 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: 39.9843, -0.0441. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 70,675 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 80,437 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 84,115 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 88,519 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 91,316 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 94,967 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 101,666 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 131,716 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 124,707 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 139,709 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 141,153 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 160,625 | Projection |
| 2035 | 160,497 | Projection |
| 2040 | 160,008 | Projection |
| 2045 | 159,248 | Projection |
| 2050 | 157,657 | Projection |
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