Wigan — UN urban centre
Wigan: 112,087 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #5,508 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3280; territory: United Kingdom (GBR). 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: 53.5398, -2.6527. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 105,431 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 104,531 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 103,321 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 102,428 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 99,305 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 97,495 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 99,243 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 103,396 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 105,440 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 108,135 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 112,087 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 114,452 | Projection |
| 2035 | 145,233 | Projection |
| 2040 | 145,714 | Projection |
| 2045 | 146,105 | Projection |
| 2050 | 146,051 | Projection |
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