Kumamoto — UN urban centre
Kumamoto: 641,185 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #843 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2854; territory: Japan (JPN). 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: 32.8075, 130.7338. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 437,165 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 482,438 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 518,986 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 597,352 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 702,835 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 706,817 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 693,193 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 682,421 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 670,121 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 658,437 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 641,185 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 625,068 | Projection |
| 2035 | 605,195 | Projection |
| 2040 | 585,812 | Projection |
| 2045 | 567,799 | Projection |
| 2050 | 550,391 | Projection |
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