Ngozi — UN urban centre
Ngozi: 167,196 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #3,613 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1073; territory: Burundi (BDI). 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: -2.9054, 29.8234. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 54,963 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 80,022 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 117,412 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 135,934 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 139,926 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 167,196 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 190,016 | Projection |
| 2035 | 211,753 | Projection |
| 2040 | 233,353 | Projection |
| 2045 | 301,198 | Projection |
| 2050 | 343,991 | Projection |
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