Gaya — UN urban centre
Gaya: 991,081 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #519 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11089; 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: 24.7824, 85.0005. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 247,280 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 278,460 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 320,909 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 360,130 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 486,300 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 566,402 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 650,340 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 741,291 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 836,367 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 905,704 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 991,081 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,046,303 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,111,736 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,156,721 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,195,349 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,227,130 | Projection |
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