Matala — UN urban centre
Matala: 294,087 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,977 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 2819; territory: Angola (AGO). 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: -14.7446, 15.0164. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 59,404 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 101,173 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 148,077 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 193,616 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 238,567 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 294,087 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 354,412 | Projection |
| 2035 | 409,533 | Projection |
| 2040 | 476,437 | Projection |
| 2045 | 533,526 | Projection |
| 2050 | 597,919 | Projection |
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