Nantes — UN urban centre
Nantes: 453,523 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,227 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1152; territory: France (FRA). 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: 47.2219, -1.5569. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 346,840 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 344,609 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 350,289 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 364,564 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 385,697 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 396,062 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 404,137 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 408,918 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 429,784 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 442,514 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 453,523 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 457,712 | Projection |
| 2035 | 464,834 | Projection |
| 2040 | 470,130 | Projection |
| 2045 | 474,394 | Projection |
| 2050 | 477,104 | Projection |
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