Minneapolis [Saint Paul] — UN urban centre
Minneapolis [Saint Paul]: 1,107,243 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #466 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7302; 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: 44.9663, -93.2269. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 520,497 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 523,690 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 659,802 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 766,115 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 801,122 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 859,892 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 877,025 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 958,194 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 992,502 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,080,253 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,107,243 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,122,510 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,139,865 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,153,536 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,162,415 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,187,217 | Projection |
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