Barnaul — UN urban centre
Barnaul: 502,491 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,102 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7556; 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: 53.3462, 83.7209. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 645,280 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 678,366 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 688,847 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 685,160 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 639,644 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 601,444 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 569,775 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 527,010 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 494,322 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 509,256 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 502,491 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 495,579 | Projection |
| 2035 | 489,736 | Projection |
| 2040 | 485,125 | Projection |
| 2045 | 480,950 | Projection |
| 2050 | 477,162 | Projection |
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