Redditch — UN urban centre
Redditch: 79,821 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #7,815 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4233; 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: 52.299, -1.9299. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 66,868 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 67,492 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 68,439 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 68,972 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 69,836 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 71,547 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 74,187 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 76,581 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 77,273 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 79,821 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 81,836 | Projection |
| 2035 | 83,303 | Projection |
| 2040 | 84,481 | Projection |
| 2045 | 85,480 | Projection |
| 2050 | 86,217 | Projection |
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