Utsunomiya — UN urban centre
Utsunomiya: 352,816 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,622 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5992; 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: 36.5507, 139.8851. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 172,921 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 211,232 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 235,546 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 304,140 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 392,152 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 393,545 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 386,104 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 375,175 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 363,585 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 356,124 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 352,816 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 348,596 | Projection |
| 2035 | 342,562 | Projection |
| 2040 | 336,499 | Projection |
| 2045 | 329,588 | Projection |
| 2050 | 323,216 | Projection |
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