Thalassery — UN urban centre
Thalassery: 1,038,647 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #493 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9497; 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: 11.6888, 75.5418. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 607,967 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 750,882 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 838,384 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 904,741 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 980,756 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 1,046,031 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,071,211 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,075,657 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,047,565 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 995,754 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,038,647 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,085,972 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,220,532 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,269,030 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,293,089 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,306,435 | Projection |
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