Ujjain — UN urban centre
Ujjain: 583,405 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #938 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8820; 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: 23.1787, 75.79. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 284,908 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 307,943 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 331,103 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 358,479 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 401,999 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 438,416 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 473,731 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 511,292 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 539,351 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 562,219 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 583,405 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 606,237 | Projection |
| 2035 | 634,592 | Projection |
| 2040 | 667,263 | Projection |
| 2045 | 684,944 | Projection |
| 2050 | 695,636 | Projection |
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