Aizawl — UN urban centre
Aizawl: 356,620 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,595 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 12033; 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: 23.733, 92.7201. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 70,977 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 101,735 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 159,212 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 195,702 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 232,880 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 256,364 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 280,993 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 306,735 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 343,793 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 356,620 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 367,465 | Projection |
| 2035 | 375,581 | Projection |
| 2040 | 382,904 | Projection |
| 2045 | 387,455 | Projection |
| 2050 | 389,674 | Projection |
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