Mazar i sharif — UN urban centre
Mazar i sharif: 651,287 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #834 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3083; territory: Afghanistan (AFG). 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: 36.7115, 67.116. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 242,134 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 278,317 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 299,875 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 327,129 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 321,484 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 331,846 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 348,122 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 419,474 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 500,091 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 630,445 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 651,287 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 707,652 | Projection |
| 2035 | 744,715 | Projection |
| 2040 | 774,464 | Projection |
| 2045 | 800,846 | Projection |
| 2050 | 848,758 | Projection |
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