Malda — UN urban centre
Malda: 1,001,322 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #511 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11609; 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: 25.0465, 87.9978. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 148,445 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 164,291 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 222,018 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 253,907 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 393,122 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 448,180 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 648,774 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 768,643 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 856,154 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 917,433 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,001,322 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,071,286 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,151,194 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,196,351 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,232,915 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,312,957 | Projection |
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