Lubumbashi — UN urban centre
Lubumbashi: 2,832,853 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #176 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 6577; 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: -11.6639, 27.4814. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 193,458 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 263,653 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 321,375 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 400,742 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 526,352 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 729,357 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,075,173 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,445,816 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,834,890 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 2,392,103 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 2,832,853 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 3,320,116 | Projection |
| 2035 | 3,791,877 | Projection |
| 2040 | 4,281,504 | Projection |
| 2045 | 4,767,729 | Projection |
| 2050 | 5,257,654 | Projection |
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