Bekonang — UN urban centre
Bekonang: 68,893 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #9,001 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7236; 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: -7.6099, 110.8905. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 71,198 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 73,148 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 74,933 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 73,807 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 75,659 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 75,131 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 75,163 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 77,039 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 73,001 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 69,758 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 68,893 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 67,847 | Projection |
| 2035 | 66,599 | Projection |
| 2040 | 65,032 | Projection |
| 2045 | 61,845 | Projection |
| 2050 | 58,337 | Projection |
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