Makhachkala — UN urban centre
Makhachkala: 717,618 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #749 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6942; 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: 42.9669, 47.4857. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 253,411 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 271,002 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 303,259 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 351,763 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 443,190 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 490,479 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 535,049 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 596,603 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 664,739 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 702,310 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 717,618 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 734,217 | Projection |
| 2035 | 746,795 | Projection |
| 2040 | 761,252 | Projection |
| 2045 | 776,250 | Projection |
| 2050 | 790,133 | Projection |
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