Columbus — UN urban centre
Columbus: 731,335 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #732 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7962; 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: 40.0169, -82.9691. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 63,893 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 65,277 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 69,299 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 73,302 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 83,665 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 251,031 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 280,308 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 382,494 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 575,187 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 725,206 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 731,335 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 738,601 | Projection |
| 2035 | 752,061 | Projection |
| 2040 | 754,826 | Projection |
| 2045 | 756,575 | Projection |
| 2050 | 755,998 | Projection |
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