Zaporizhzhia — UN urban centre
Zaporizhzhia: 566,844 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #966 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3947; 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: 47.8371, 35.1733. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 663,130 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 718,429 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 768,448 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 796,333 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 751,591 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 727,145 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 697,870 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 692,870 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 672,442 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 649,722 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 566,844 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 576,092 | Projection |
| 2035 | 561,180 | Projection |
| 2040 | 545,788 | Projection |
| 2045 | 529,446 | Projection |
| 2050 | 494,598 | Projection |
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