Makiivka — UN urban centre
Makiivka: 200,425 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #2,987 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4621; 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: 48.0558, 37.9614. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 311,947 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 320,220 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 313,150 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 304,387 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 292,284 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 280,484 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 265,370 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 255,940 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 245,049 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 230,372 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 200,425 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 198,236 | Projection |
| 2035 | 189,729 | Projection |
| 2040 | 178,590 | Projection |
| 2045 | 152,107 | Projection |
| 2050 | 140,399 | Projection |
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