Bălți — UN urban centre
Bălți: 52,977 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #11,612 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 101; territory: Moldova (MDA). 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: 47.7645, 27.914. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 111,260 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 124,003 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 139,338 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 149,419 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 137,621 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 127,982 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 117,120 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 102,643 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 90,614 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 53,380 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 52,977 | Estimate |
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