Uvira — UN urban centre
Uvira: 416,523 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,349 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7279; 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: -3.386, 29.1429. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 173,726 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 190,817 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 208,299 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 226,590 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 264,829 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 284,494 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 317,809 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 349,505 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 374,179 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 375,651 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 416,523 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 468,232 | Projection |
| 2035 | 518,409 | Projection |
| 2040 | 564,542 | Projection |
| 2045 | 601,840 | Projection |
| 2050 | 644,423 | Projection |
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