Rourkela — UN urban centre
Rourkela: 776,631 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #683 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11301; 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: 22.2389, 84.8556. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 253,210 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 353,580 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 425,490 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 465,101 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 512,310 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 563,721 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 605,393 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 642,454 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 677,240 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 712,781 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 776,631 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 824,880 | Projection |
| 2035 | 863,776 | Projection |
| 2040 | 914,801 | Projection |
| 2045 | 938,825 | Projection |
| 2050 | 958,550 | Projection |
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