Jammu — UN urban centre
Jammu: 1,154,466 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #443 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3577; 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: 32.7089, 74.8667. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 377,192 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 475,478 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 603,583 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 683,371 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 804,550 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 906,462 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 970,675 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,027,805 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,084,156 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,128,454 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,154,466 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,181,415 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,203,965 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,217,641 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,226,144 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,227,268 | Projection |
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