Kochi — UN urban centre
Kochi: 5,077,670 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #80 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9765; 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: 10.0613, 76.3088. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,576,753 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,902,001 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 2,309,723 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 2,853,499 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 3,141,618 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 3,393,587 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 3,656,437 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 3,679,405 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 4,123,840 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 4,853,712 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 5,077,670 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 5,452,371 | Projection |
| 2035 | 5,607,140 | Projection |
| 2040 | 5,718,996 | Projection |
| 2045 | 5,799,441 | Projection |
| 2050 | 5,843,908 | Projection |
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