Mykolaiv — UN urban centre
Mykolaiv: 419,484 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,342 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3183; territory: Ukraine (UKR). 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: 46.9597, 32.0169. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 387,693 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 446,841 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 475,482 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 498,655 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 502,479 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 503,908 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 495,904 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 486,067 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 475,251 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 466,887 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 419,484 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 428,376 | Projection |
| 2035 | 418,389 | Projection |
| 2040 | 408,043 | Projection |
| 2045 | 397,022 | Projection |
| 2050 | 384,823 | Projection |
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