Nagoya — UN urban centre
Nagoya: 7,146,160 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #49 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5245; 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: 35.1654, 136.9267. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 5,365,962 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 5,790,847 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 5,907,119 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 6,199,565 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 6,570,014 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 6,506,286 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 6,686,843 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 6,826,195 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 7,037,742 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 7,282,018 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 7,146,160 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 6,999,662 | Projection |
| 2035 | 6,829,816 | Projection |
| 2040 | 6,659,893 | Projection |
| 2045 | 6,459,760 | Projection |
| 2050 | 6,292,819 | Projection |
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