Rishikesh — UN urban centre
Rishikesh: 325,933 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,762 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8694; 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: 30.1013, 78.2867. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 87,217 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 110,647 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 131,203 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 155,961 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 184,705 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 220,971 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 250,374 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 279,325 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 301,994 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 307,089 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 325,933 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 345,829 | Projection |
| 2035 | 364,205 | Projection |
| 2040 | 378,930 | Projection |
| 2045 | 389,968 | Projection |
| 2050 | 398,659 | Projection |
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