West Valley City — UN urban centre
West Valley City: 463,325 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,202 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5646; 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: 40.6569, -111.985. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 108,869 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 128,766 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 157,316 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 191,466 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 257,168 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 281,921 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 313,152 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 342,855 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 437,432 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 463,325 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 491,641 | Projection |
| 2035 | 510,354 | Projection |
| 2040 | 527,906 | Projection |
| 2045 | 603,375 | Projection |
| 2050 | 617,046 | Projection |
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