Pudukkottai — UN urban centre
Pudukkottai: 199,239 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,002 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10493; 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: 10.3802, 78.8172. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 121,007 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 132,479 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 145,228 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 158,008 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 170,681 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 182,272 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 191,442 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 195,774 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 196,552 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 193,910 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 199,239 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 204,630 | Projection |
| 2035 | 207,671 | Projection |
| 2040 | 221,620 | Projection |
| 2045 | 222,881 | Projection |
| 2050 | 222,801 | Projection |
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