Tshela — UN urban centre
Tshela: 147,255 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #4,133 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 247; territory: DR Congo (COD). 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: -5.0021, 12.9516. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 63,682 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 78,382 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 87,369 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 90,390 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 97,657 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 116,866 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 124,372 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 147,255 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 170,179 | Projection |
| 2035 | 199,026 | Projection |
| 2040 | 226,582 | Projection |
| 2045 | 250,935 | Projection |
| 2050 | 276,718 | Projection |
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