Balakovo — UN urban centre
Balakovo: 123,104 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,977 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6244; territory: Russia (RUS). 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: 52.0216, 47.7999. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 121,311 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 142,333 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 165,179 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 175,607 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 169,447 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 166,309 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 159,699 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 146,106 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 135,906 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 124,996 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 123,104 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 121,438 | Projection |
| 2035 | 119,766 | Projection |
| 2040 | 118,395 | Projection |
| 2045 | 117,166 | Projection |
| 2050 | 114,541 | Projection |
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