Kecskemét — UN urban centre
Kecskemét: 68,557 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #9,049 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1171; territory: Hungary (HUN). 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: 46.9059, 19.6885. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 61,553 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 64,296 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 69,488 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 71,846 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 70,993 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 71,947 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 72,765 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 72,084 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 69,991 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 69,175 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 68,557 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 65,978 | Projection |
| 2035 | 65,132 | Projection |
| 2040 | 64,264 | Projection |
| 2045 | 63,432 | Projection |
| 2050 | 62,703 | Projection |
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