Bokaro — UN urban centre
Bokaro: 862,593 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #605 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11417; 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: 23.6537, 86.1556. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 382,077 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 422,465 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 462,454 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 502,609 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 563,745 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 622,589 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 717,162 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 757,918 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 799,591 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 837,435 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 862,593 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 885,475 | Projection |
| 2035 | 904,784 | Projection |
| 2040 | 919,701 | Projection |
| 2045 | 926,529 | Projection |
| 2050 | 927,782 | Projection |
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