Cork — UN urban centre
Cork: 154,085 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,940 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 218; territory: Ireland (IRL). 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: 51.8926, -8.4655. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 140,035 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 146,601 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 145,114 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 133,084 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 128,739 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 127,909 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 137,198 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 147,351 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 141,314 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 142,082 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 154,085 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 163,087 | Projection |
| 2035 | 167,227 | Projection |
| 2040 | 170,453 | Projection |
| 2045 | 173,032 | Projection |
| 2050 | 174,257 | Projection |
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