Magelang — UN urban centre
Magelang: 640,707 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #844 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7021; territory: Indonesia (IDN). 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: -7.4599, 110.1987. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 567,926 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 565,941 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 577,107 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 578,154 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 618,085 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 643,421 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 653,836 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 660,895 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 673,155 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 646,402 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 640,707 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 630,260 | Projection |
| 2035 | 617,835 | Projection |
| 2040 | 605,609 | Projection |
| 2045 | 588,844 | Projection |
| 2050 | 554,794 | Projection |
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