Glasgow — UN urban centre
Glasgow: 970,320 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #533 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 797; 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: 55.8575, -4.2909. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,023,878 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,019,123 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 996,251 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 972,469 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 945,439 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 915,694 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 917,158 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 924,292 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 933,078 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 955,243 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 970,320 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 978,925 | Projection |
| 2035 | 984,156 | Projection |
| 2040 | 985,974 | Projection |
| 2045 | 988,119 | Projection |
| 2050 | 987,250 | Projection |
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