Ghazipur — UN urban centre
Ghazipur: 473,824 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,171 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 10619; 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: 25.5875, 83.5732. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 132,278 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 143,882 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 157,522 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 181,914 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 221,163 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 291,960 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 357,031 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 401,152 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 440,801 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 445,938 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 473,824 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 562,617 | Projection |
| 2035 | 647,597 | Projection |
| 2040 | 679,131 | Projection |
| 2045 | 738,236 | Projection |
| 2050 | 771,203 | Projection |
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