Shillong — UN urban centre
Shillong: 534,861 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,037 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11957; 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: 25.5754, 91.8896. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 186,663 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 212,190 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 238,984 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 270,527 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 309,235 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 351,425 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 397,356 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 446,012 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 485,648 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 518,539 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 534,861 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 557,993 | Projection |
| 2035 | 575,187 | Projection |
| 2040 | 590,394 | Projection |
| 2045 | 598,921 | Projection |
| 2050 | 605,358 | Projection |
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