York — UN urban centre
York: 150,274 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,036 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5548; 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: 53.9604, -1.0888. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 118,992 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 122,199 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 123,363 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 125,222 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 126,639 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 129,123 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 133,652 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 140,126 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 145,851 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 147,509 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 150,274 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 154,065 | Projection |
| 2035 | 158,320 | Projection |
| 2040 | 158,960 | Projection |
| 2045 | 159,560 | Projection |
| 2050 | 159,673 | Projection |
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