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Newcastle upon Tyne, 
United Kingdom
760,969 people lived in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2025. It is the 700th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 7th largest in the United Kingdom.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Newcastle upon Tyne governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Newcastle upon Tyne grew
Newcastle upon Tyne had about as many people in 2025 as in 1975.
On the UN's projection it will have 784,878 people in 2050.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: one column every five years, 1975 to 2050; its height is the number of people. Hatched columns are the UN's projection. The thin strip beneath says how sure the UN is of each figure: the stronger the colour, the surer. A blank means the place was not on the UN's list of cities that year.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Newcastle upon Tyne through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Newcastle upon Tyne in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
United Kingdom · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: every dot is one of the 150 cities in the United Kingdom in 2025, and a dot's area is how many people live there, the biggest being London. The ringed dot in colour is Newcastle upon Tyne; the grey dots are the rest. The outlines around them are neighbouring countries.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Newcastle upon Tyne covered 229 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 56 km² of it. That is 73 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 9 by 9 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown by 43%, and its people are about as many.
How to read this: the outer pale square stands for all the land the city covers, and the solid square inside it for the part with buildings, roads and the like on it. All three squares share a scale, so you can compare them by eye. A hatched one is a year the UN has projected.
Of every 100 people in the United Kingdom
Its share of the United Kingdom
Of every 100 people in the United Kingdom in 2025, 1 lived in Newcastle upon Tyne, which is 760,969 people.
How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person in the United Kingdom; the coloured squares live in Newcastle upon Tyne. The grey rest live in other cities, in towns or in the countryside.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 696 Liupanshui China766,243
- 697 George Town Malaysia765,884
- 698 Hermosillo Mexico765,445
- 699 Sangli India761,451
- 700 Newcastle upon Tyne760,969
- 701 Yangzhou China759,812
- 702 Mudanjiang China758,800
- 703 Agartala India758,699
- 704 Kalemie Democratic Republic of the Congo758,379
In the United Kingdom, 2025
- 196 Manchester2,535,427
- 418 Liverpool1,227,470
- 480 Leeds1,065,607
- 533 Glasgow970,320
- 700 Newcastle upon Tyne760,969
- 835 Nottingham649,610
- 875 Bristol615,703
- 1001 Sheffield549,695
- 1046 Leicester530,264
How to read this: the number before each name is its place among all 12,138 cities in the world in 2025; bars are people, on one scale per list. Only cities that reach 300,000 people have a page here, so a gap in the numbers is a smaller city.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Newcastle upon Tyne are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Newcastle upon Tyne publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries