Tshimbalanga — UN urban centre
Tshimbalanga: 115,894 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #5,298 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4870; 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: -9.7326, 23.0779. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 55,201 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 79,041 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 98,121 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 115,894 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 136,147 | Projection |
| 2035 | 153,307 | Projection |
| 2040 | 173,151 | Projection |
| 2045 | 190,289 | Projection |
| 2050 | 208,511 | Projection |
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