Detroit — UN urban centre
Detroit: 809,894 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #653 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8032; 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: 42.4157, -83.1543. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,077,979 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 984,842 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 965,467 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 940,811 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 962,548 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 965,087 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 919,257 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 876,847 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 845,966 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 826,453 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 809,894 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 798,668 | Projection |
| 2035 | 765,837 | Projection |
| 2040 | 747,304 | Projection |
| 2045 | 729,625 | Projection |
| 2050 | 712,171 | Projection |
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