Mysuru — UN urban centre
Mysuru: 1,342,126 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #379 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 9769; 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: 12.3162, 76.6386. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 653,154 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 726,459 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 799,851 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 872,941 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 985,223 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 1,088,248 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,166,179 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,225,959 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,267,720 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,291,933 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,342,126 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,405,189 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,457,939 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,490,069 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,514,691 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,528,566 | Projection |
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