Kananga — UN urban centre
Kananga: 1,504,370 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #336 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4580; 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: -5.8984, 22.4125. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 108,874 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 158,130 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 215,125 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 283,420 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 365,070 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 467,805 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 614,501 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 781,501 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 970,367 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,249,199 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,504,370 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,767,884 | Projection |
| 2035 | 2,011,735 | Projection |
| 2040 | 2,262,809 | Projection |
| 2045 | 2,542,262 | Projection |
| 2050 | 2,795,451 | Projection |
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