Malmo — UN urban centre
Malmo: 318,242 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,806 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 540; territory: Sweden (SWE). 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: 55.588, 13.0077. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 220,628 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 203,285 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 199,180 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 200,659 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 207,823 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 220,775 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 232,082 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 252,534 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 272,646 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 307,956 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 318,242 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 326,721 | Projection |
| 2035 | 330,743 | Projection |
| 2040 | 334,477 | Projection |
| 2045 | 339,727 | Projection |
| 2050 | 342,930 | Projection |
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