Nara — UN urban centre
Nara: 993,952 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #515 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5155; 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: 34.6206, 135.7602. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,340,250 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,349,196 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 1,334,908 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 1,344,243 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 1,328,697 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 1,239,227 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,188,501 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,150,295 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,095,524 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,045,188 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 993,952 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 941,835 | Projection |
| 2035 | 892,929 | Projection |
| 2040 | 845,339 | Projection |
| 2045 | 797,302 | Projection |
| 2050 | 751,876 | Projection |
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