Tiruchirappalli — UN urban centre
Tiruchirappalli: 1,349,040 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #376 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10415; 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: 10.802, 78.7066. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 597,868 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 672,695 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 736,355 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 845,264 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 955,871 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 1,049,794 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,120,796 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,178,396 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,239,772 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,321,174 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,349,040 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,378,159 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,405,639 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,419,088 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,428,089 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,427,111 | Projection |
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