Uíge — UN urban centre
Uíge: 408,927 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,381 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3179; 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: -7.6086, 15.0526. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,011,989 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,035,736 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 1,057,311 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 1,049,577 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 1,019,815 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 964,837 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 867,615 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 679,726 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 490,704 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 336,354 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 408,927 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 486,317 | Projection |
| 2035 | 569,810 | Projection |
| 2040 | 659,901 | Projection |
| 2045 | 755,664 | Projection |
| 2050 | 848,365 | Projection |
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