Samangan — UN urban centre
Samangan: 137,944 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,414 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3822; 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: 36.2668, 68.0216. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 54,042 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 64,344 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 82,901 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 96,207 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 117,286 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 123,979 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 137,944 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 155,700 | Projection |
| 2035 | 177,932 | Projection |
| 2040 | 194,193 | Projection |
| 2045 | 216,738 | Projection |
| 2050 | 239,398 | Projection |
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