Hitachi — UN urban centre
Hitachi: 142,850 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,272 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6253; 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: 36.5674, 140.6411. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 117,922 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 132,480 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 132,733 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 150,916 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 171,066 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 166,913 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 159,586 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 158,768 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 151,682 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 144,182 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 142,850 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 141,150 | Projection |
| 2035 | 138,676 | Projection |
| 2040 | 136,190 | Projection |
| 2045 | 131,227 | Projection |
| 2050 | 128,635 | Projection |
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