Oakland — UN urban centre
Oakland: 1,503,319 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #337 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1542; territory: United States (USA). 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: 37.7426, -122.1693. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 987,711 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,006,073 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 1,131,165 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 1,275,915 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 1,321,222 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 1,386,141 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,410,100 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,438,836 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,465,483 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,491,436 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,503,319 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,531,729 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,541,219 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,548,768 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,553,847 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,555,994 | Projection |
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