Maquela do Zombo — UN urban centre
Maquela do Zombo: 79,327 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #7,865 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 3235; 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: -6.0601, 15.1054. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 82,085 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 120,087 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 152,230 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 163,280 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 157,129 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 146,607 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 134,110 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 102,697 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 79,486 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 65,735 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 79,327 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 98,043 | Projection |
| 2035 | 121,433 | Projection |
| 2040 | 144,925 | Projection |
| 2045 | 166,446 | Projection |
| 2050 | 192,466 | Projection |
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