Orlando — UN urban centre
Orlando: 477,249 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,165 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7432; 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: 28.5951, -81.3438. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 58,780 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 139,413 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 193,315 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 328,688 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 435,279 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 477,249 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 594,396 | Projection |
| 2035 | 699,890 | Projection |
| 2040 | 781,101 | Projection |
| 2045 | 812,618 | Projection |
| 2050 | 870,930 | Projection |
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