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Koyilandy — UN urban centre

158,004

Koyilandy: 158,004 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,831 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9563; 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: 11.4389, 75.694. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.

UN population series

YearPeopleMethod
1975111,262Estimate
1980126,467Estimate
1985143,639Estimate
1990156,311Estimate
1995166,167Estimate
2000176,627Estimate
2005176,970Estimate
2010173,486Estimate
2015165,022Estimate
2020151,901Estimate
2025158,004Estimate
2030164,109Projection
2035169,366Projection
2040175,054Projection
2045177,852Projection
2050182,295Projection

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