Ambah — UN urban centre
Ambah: 116,073 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #5,287 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9103; 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: 26.7039, 78.2273. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 71,751 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 75,538 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 79,548 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 83,470 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 90,588 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 104,238 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 117,783 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 127,150 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 128,811 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 112,155 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 116,073 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 124,854 | Projection |
| 2035 | 128,999 | Projection |
| 2040 | 132,353 | Projection |
| 2045 | 135,128 | Projection |
| 2050 | 138,598 | Projection |
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