Paramakkudi — UN urban centre
Paramakkudi: 121,824 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #5,027 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10453; 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: 9.5457, 78.5902. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 81,303 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 83,500 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 96,887 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 103,057 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 110,389 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 115,414 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 121,715 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 122,617 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 121,589 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 118,862 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 121,824 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 124,789 | Projection |
| 2035 | 127,176 | Projection |
| 2040 | 128,784 | Projection |
| 2045 | 129,724 | Projection |
| 2050 | 129,883 | Projection |
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