Brasov — UN urban centre
Brasov: 226,778 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,595 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1856; territory: Romania (ROU). 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: 45.6517, 25.6083. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 207,181 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 234,244 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 266,586 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 287,699 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 280,219 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 261,593 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 247,778 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 235,693 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 224,914 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 229,018 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 226,778 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 223,754 | Projection |
| 2035 | 221,151 | Projection |
| 2040 | 218,304 | Projection |
| 2045 | 215,316 | Projection |
| 2050 | 212,281 | Projection |
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