Phitsanulok — UN urban centre
Phitsanulok: 189,643 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,171 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 995; territory: Thailand (THA). 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: 16.8141, 100.2586. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 118,328 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 129,232 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 134,273 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 142,198 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 152,606 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 149,485 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 180,933 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 198,055 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 201,068 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 192,789 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 189,643 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 184,089 | Projection |
| 2035 | 177,489 | Projection |
| 2040 | 173,486 | Projection |
| 2045 | 168,471 | Projection |
| 2050 | 161,197 | Projection |
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