Białystok — UN urban centre
Białystok: 288,641 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,016 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4240; territory: Poland (POL). 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: 53.1341, 23.1498. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 191,228 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 217,535 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 236,714 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 257,506 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 278,930 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 284,191 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 285,442 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 283,838 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 284,795 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 284,343 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 288,641 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 284,545 | Projection |
| 2035 | 281,191 | Projection |
| 2040 | 278,491 | Projection |
| 2045 | 275,589 | Projection |
| 2050 | 272,132 | Projection |
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