Khost — UN urban centre
Khost: 188,579 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,196 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 5206; 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: 33.3353, 69.8971. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 55,853 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 119,751 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 179,336 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 188,579 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 201,425 | Projection |
| 2035 | 229,456 | Projection |
| 2040 | 245,175 | Projection |
| 2045 | 262,384 | Projection |
| 2050 | 280,948 | Projection |
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