Francistown — UN urban centre
Francistown: 101,014 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #6,119 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 574; territory: Botswana (BWA). 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: -21.1769, 27.5177. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 54,789 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 64,283 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 72,967 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 83,055 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 87,014 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 95,532 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 101,014 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 105,375 | Projection |
| 2035 | 110,498 | Projection |
| 2040 | 115,193 | Projection |
| 2045 | 117,959 | Projection |
| 2050 | 120,491 | Projection |
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