Orizaba — UN urban centre
Orizaba: 300,041 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,913 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6290; territory: Mexico (MEX). 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: 18.8452, -97.1163. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 86,083 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 91,631 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 124,513 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 185,928 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 201,072 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 213,779 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 268,796 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 285,619 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 300,052 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 293,883 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 300,041 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 305,767 | Projection |
| 2035 | 314,533 | Projection |
| 2040 | 317,832 | Projection |
| 2045 | 320,528 | Projection |
| 2050 | 322,763 | Projection |
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