Poltava — UN urban centre
Poltava: 242,753 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,412 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3561; 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: 49.5832, 34.5428. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 357,243 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 357,057 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 357,366 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 358,117 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 352,254 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 329,490 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 310,087 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 298,571 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 291,402 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 273,355 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 242,753 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 246,860 | Projection |
| 2035 | 240,016 | Projection |
| 2040 | 232,966 | Projection |
| 2045 | 223,282 | Projection |
| 2050 | 215,177 | Projection |
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