Nizhnekamsk — UN urban centre
Nizhnekamsk: 167,137 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,614 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6452; 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: 55.6336, 51.8153. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 57,581 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 95,925 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 124,294 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 139,805 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 154,987 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 175,375 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 173,547 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 170,252 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 166,933 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 168,261 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 167,137 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 166,322 | Projection |
| 2035 | 165,259 | Projection |
| 2040 | 164,613 | Projection |
| 2045 | 164,045 | Projection |
| 2050 | 163,609 | Projection |
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