Akola — UN urban centre
Akola: 683,391 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #788 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9339; 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: 20.7025, 77.0099. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 377,019 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 409,570 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 440,840 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 479,250 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 517,245 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 560,071 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 594,081 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 619,696 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 641,710 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 663,555 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 683,391 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 701,860 | Projection |
| 2035 | 717,828 | Projection |
| 2040 | 727,957 | Projection |
| 2045 | 738,272 | Projection |
| 2050 | 741,423 | Projection |
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