Durg — UN urban centre
Durg: 1,393,235 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #365 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10435; 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: 21.2021, 81.3593. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 285,057 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 413,382 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 587,777 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 695,488 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 805,359 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 943,463 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,029,437 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,133,346 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,253,844 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,338,178 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,393,235 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,436,938 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,479,975 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,511,805 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,533,969 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,550,026 | Projection |
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