Darjeeling — UN urban centre
Darjeeling: 590,052 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #923 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11507; 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: 27.0729, 88.2005. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 218,097 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 245,436 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 276,509 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 312,559 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 357,178 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 402,184 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 436,639 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 458,193 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 506,545 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 575,418 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 590,052 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 625,714 | Projection |
| 2035 | 627,365 | Projection |
| 2040 | 633,942 | Projection |
| 2045 | 639,983 | Projection |
| 2050 | 655,640 | Projection |
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