Brahmapur — UN urban centre
Brahmapur: 590,028 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #924 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11467; 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: 19.3104, 84.7928. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 189,429 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 221,282 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 251,342 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 282,548 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 336,704 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 404,274 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 459,867 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 522,220 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 557,724 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 584,149 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 590,028 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 595,917 | Projection |
| 2035 | 601,006 | Projection |
| 2040 | 603,909 | Projection |
| 2045 | 605,233 | Projection |
| 2050 | 602,915 | Projection |
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