Bukavu — UN urban centre
Bukavu: 948,948 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #550 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7082; 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: -2.5085, 28.8467. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 335,867 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 350,687 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 370,849 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 437,403 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 509,927 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 583,854 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 656,238 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 718,264 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 774,192 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 847,065 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 948,948 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,083,397 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,210,885 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,340,425 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,490,698 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,677,115 | Projection |
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