Kribi — UN urban centre
Kribi: 142,534 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,282 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1165; territory: Cameroon (CMR). 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: 2.9517, 9.9183. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 52,648 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 62,426 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 74,127 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 86,482 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 98,219 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 116,162 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 142,534 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 176,366 | Projection |
| 2035 | 209,987 | Projection |
| 2040 | 245,094 | Projection |
| 2045 | 282,302 | Projection |
| 2050 | 324,381 | Projection |
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