Ambala — UN urban centre
Ambala: 615,565 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #876 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7788; 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: 30.3603, 76.8135. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 305,069 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 334,730 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 378,657 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 418,289 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 458,827 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 495,869 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 524,426 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 548,667 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 568,919 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 596,127 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 615,565 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 634,169 | Projection |
| 2035 | 648,830 | Projection |
| 2040 | 660,771 | Projection |
| 2045 | 666,103 | Projection |
| 2050 | 669,042 | Projection |
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