Heraklion — UN urban centre
Heraklion: 155,817 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,890 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1066; territory: Greece (GRC). 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: 35.3267, 25.1315. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 87,504 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 92,896 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 102,001 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 112,454 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 136,087 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 149,069 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 156,151 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 161,667 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 159,239 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 162,869 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 155,817 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 158,791 | Projection |
| 2035 | 160,283 | Projection |
| 2040 | 160,357 | Projection |
| 2045 | 160,325 | Projection |
| 2050 | 159,781 | Projection |
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