Cosenza — UN urban centre
Cosenza: 84,837 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #7,350 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5338; territory: Italy (ITA). 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: 39.3123, 16.2462. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 87,763 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 96,237 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 97,728 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 97,374 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 96,720 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 94,724 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 91,253 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 89,290 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 87,748 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 86,706 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 84,837 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 82,346 | Projection |
| 2035 | 80,087 | Projection |
| 2040 | 76,255 | Projection |
| 2045 | 70,870 | Projection |
| 2050 | 68,382 | Projection |
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