Prayagraj — UN urban centre
Prayagraj: 2,347,869 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #210 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10119; territory: India (IND). 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: 25.444, 81.8378. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,102,225 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,205,316 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 1,308,712 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 1,423,301 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 1,612,417 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 1,795,208 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,956,802 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 2,107,564 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 2,229,485 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 2,276,072 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 2,347,869 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 2,419,042 | Projection |
| 2035 | 2,478,218 | Projection |
| 2040 | 2,519,249 | Projection |
| 2045 | 2,622,743 | Projection |
| 2050 | 2,647,258 | Projection |
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